Reni ( ; ; ) is a small
town in the Odessa Oblast
(province) of western
Ukraine
. It is the administrative center of the Reniysky Raion (district), and is located in the Bessarabian
historic district of Budjak. The settlement was founded around
1548, acquiring city status in 1821.
The current estimated population is around 20,000. The surrounding
Reniysky Raion includes some 41,000 people, 49% of them ethnic
Moldovans, 18%
Ukrainians, 15%
Russians,
8.5%
Bulgarians and 8%
Gagauz.
A railway
linking Moldova
and Romania
passes
through Reni, since the city was a part of Romania prior to 1947,
when it was claimed by the Soviet Union
. There are six schools, one filial branch of
the
Dnipropetrovsk
University, and three churches.
Personalities
References
- 2001 All Ukrainian population census results for
Odessa Region]
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