Podoima

Podoima Подойма
Commune
Podoima
Coordinates: 47°59′53″N 28°46′36″E
Country (de jure)	Moldova
Country (de facto)	Transnistria[a]
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2004)	1,780
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Podoima (Moldovan Cyrillic, Russian, and Ukrainian: Подойма) is a commune in the Camenca District of Transnistria, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Podoima and Podoimița (Подоймиця, Подоймица).[1]

History

Podejma, as it was known in Polish, was a private village of the Urbanowski family,[2] administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] Following the Second Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Russia. In the late 19th century, it had a population of 664.[2]

In 1924, it became part of the Moldavian Autonomous Oblast, which was soon converted into the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940 during World War II. From 1941 to 1944, it was administered by Romania as part of the Transnistria Governorate.

According to the 2004 census, the population of the village was 3,808 inhabitants, of which 3,691 (96.92%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 63 (1.65%) Ukrainians and 45 (1.18%) Russians.[4]

Notes

1. Transnistria's political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.

References

1. Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1887. p. 375.
3. Krykun, Mykola (2012). Воєводства Правобережної України у XVI-XVIII століттях: Статті і матеріали (in Ukrainian and Polish). Ukraïns'kij katolickij unìversitet. p. 530. ISBN 978-617-607-240-9.
4. The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm