Reni, Ukraine
There are six schools, one filial branch of the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, and three Ukrainian Orthodox church buildings. Reni is also home to the Light of the World Church.
History
Until July 18, 2020, Reni was the administrative center of Reni Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Reni Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.
2023 Reni port attack
On the night between July 23 and 24, 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the nationwide missile attacks, the port of Reni was attacked by Russia, being struck by multiple suicide drones. The port of Reni is an internal port of Ukraine, laying on the Danube river which forms Ukraine's border with Romania, the port itself lying half a kilometer away from the Romanian bank of the Danube.
Multiple Romanian sailors in the waters around the port caught the bombings on camera, and a Romanian ship was damaged during the assault. Similar attacks targeted the nearby ports of Izmail and Kiliia, all laying on the Danube. The government of the neighbouring country allowed numerous ships to immediately cross the border.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1897 | 6,941 | — |
2001 | 20,761 | +199.1% |
2022 | 17,736 | −14.6% |
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The city of Reni had 20,761 inhabitants in 2001, including 6,694 ethnic Ukrainians (32.24%), 6,126 self-identified Moldovans (Romanians) (29.51%), 5,589 ethnic Russians (26.92%), 1,012 Bulgarians (4.87%), 736 Gagauz (1.81%) and 22 self-identified Romanians (0.11%). There was a decrease in the population of the city of Reni from 20,761 inhabitants in 2001, to 17,736 in 2022, and a reduction of the raion's population from 40,680 in 2001 to 35,954. The city of Reni was mostly (70.54%) Russophone, 13.37% Moldovan/Romanian-speaking, 12.5% Ukrainian-speaking, 1.52% Gagauz-speaking and 1.33% Bulgarian-speaking. In 2001, Reni Raion, in its boundaries at that time, including the city of Reni, had 40,680 inhabitants in 2001, including 19,938 Moldovans (49.01%), 7,196 ethnic Ukrainians (17.69%), 6,136 Russians (15.08%), 3,439 Bulgarians (8.45%), 736 Gagauz (1.81%) and 36 Romanians (0.09%). The current Reni urban hromada, whose boundaries are identical with those of the former Reni Raion, had 40,680 inhabitants in 2001, out of which 16,639 spoke Romanian (40.9%), 15,411 spoke Russian (37.88%), 2,955 spoke Ukrainian (7.26%), 2,751 spoke Gagauz (6.76%), and 2,688 spoke Bulgarian (6.61%).
In 1897, the ethnic make-up, by mother tongue, was 37.6% Moldovan/Romanian, 19.8% Ukrainian, 17.1% Russian, 10.5% Jewish, 9.4% Bulgarian, 2.0% Greek, 1.5% Turkish, 1.1% Polish.
Gallery
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Freedom Square
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Grave of the soldiers
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Regional History Museum
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Ascension of the Lord Cathedral
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Traditional houses in Reni
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Sts. Constantine and Helena Church
Notable people
- Maksym Braharu (born 2002), Ukrainian footballer
- Alexander Deutsch (1899–1986), Soviet astronomer
- Pavel Ciobanu (born 1955), Moldovan soccer player
References
- ^ "Ренийская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 4, 2022.
- ^ "The dream God had for the city of Reni, Ukraine – Home". Archived from the original on January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). July 18, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Moscow Hit By Drones As Russia Strikes Key Ukrainian Export Route On Danube Near Romania". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Rușii au bombardat Ucraina la granița cu România. Portul Reni de pe Dunăre a fost atacat cu drone". Digi24 (in Romanian). July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Первая Всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи, 1897 г. (in Russian). Vol. III. 1905. pp. 70–73.
- ^ The Ukrainian census of 2001, ethnicity/nationality data by localities, at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm
- ^ The Ukrainian census of 2001, ethnicity/nationality data by localities, at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm
- ^ Population statistics from 2022 at https://web.archive.org/web/20201130174310/http://www.od.ukrstat.gov.ua/index.html
- ^ The Ukrainian census of 2001, language data by cities, at https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
- ^ The Ukrainian census of 2001, ethnicity/nationality data by localities, at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm
- ^ The Ukrainian census of 2001, language data by localities, at https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/