Otaci

For the nearby Ukrainian village in Khotyn urban hromada called Atachi in Romanian, see Ataky.

Town in Moldova

Otaci

Town

Otaci as seen from the Ukrainian town of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, July 2006. The tower block in the foreground collapsed in 2019.

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Otaci

Coordinates: 48°25′48″N 27°47′38″E﻿ / ﻿48.43000°N 27.79389°E﻿ / 48.43000; 27.79389
Country| Moldova
District| Ocnița District
Government

• Mayor| Vasili Traghira (2015; PDM)[1]
Area

• Total

| 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Elevation

| 120 m (390 ft)
Population

(2014)[2]

• Total

|  6,043
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code|

MD-7106

Area code| +373 271
The Dniester near Otaci and Călărășeuca

Otaci (formerly Ataki, Russian Атаки) is a town (population 8,400) on the southwestern bank of the Dniester River, which at that point forms the northeastern border of Moldova. On the opposite side of the Dniester lies the Ukrainian city of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, and the two municipalities are connected by a bridge over the river. Otaci is located in Ocnița District. The town was sometimes referred to in older records as Mogilevskie Ataki to distinguish it from the other nearby town called Ataky or Ataki, which is near Khotyn.

## History

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During the interwar period, Otaci was the seat of Plasa Otaci, in Soroca County, Romania.[3] In 1940, as a consequence of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Red Army entered Bessarabia and incorporated it into the Soviet Union. In 1991 Moldova became independent, and in 1994 Otaci achieved the status of oraș (town).[4]

On 19 June 2019, Otaci was the site of an apartment building collapse. One of the 2 tower blocks in the town collapsed shortly after it was evacuated, leaving no one injured. It is believed that the building, when constructed in the 1970s, was built on muddy soil, and the foundations were damaged over the years.[5]

## Notable people

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* Samuel Bronfman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
* Aaron Goodelman, American sculptor
* Boris Holban, Franco-Romanian communist activist
* Samuil Lehtțir, Soviet Moldovan poet and literary critic
* Tully Filmus, American painter

## References

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1. ^ "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015" (in Romanian). Central Election Commission of Moldova. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
2. ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
3. ^ "Judeţul Soroca". Portretul României interbelice (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-01-06.
4. ^ "Otaci, raionul Ocniţa". moldovenii.md (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-01-06.
5. ^ "Un bloc de nouă etaje s-a prăbușit în Republica Moldova" (in Romanian). Digi24. June 19, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2021.

## Further reading

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* Ataki/Atachi/Otaci (pp. 350–353) at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation

## External links

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* Otaci, Moldova at JewishGen
* 'Jewish Encyclopedia' article (1900)
* 'Otaci/ Jewish Cemetery'
* Former building of Synagogue'

48°26′N 27°48′E﻿ / ﻿48.433°N 27.800°E﻿ / 48.433; 27.800

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Cities, towns and communes of Ocnița District, Moldova

District seat: Ocnița

Cities and towns|

* Frunză
* Ocnița
* Otaci

Communes|

* Bîrlădeni
* Corestăuți
* Călărășeuca
* Dîngeni
* Grinăuți-Moldova
* Lencăuți
* Lipnic
* Mihălășeni
* Ocnița
* Vălcineț

Villages (communes)1|

* Bîrnova
* Clocușna
* Gîrbova
* Hădărăuți
* Mereșeuca
* Naslavcea
* Sauca
* Unguri

1 As defined officially by law (villages not forming communes).

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Municipalities|

* Chișinău (national capital)
* Tiraspol1
* Bălți
* Bender (Tighina)2
* Comrat
* Cahul
* Ceadîr-Lunga
* Edineț
* Hîncești
* Orhei
* Soroca
* Strășeni
* Ungheni

Capitals of
autonomous units|

* Comrat3
* Tiraspol1,3

District seats4|

* Anenii Noi
* Basarabeasca
* Briceni
* Cahul
* Cantemir
* Călărași
* Căușeni
* Cimișlia
* Criuleni
* Dondușeni
* Drochia
* Edineț
* Fălești
* Florești
* Glodeni
* Hîncești
* Ialoveni
* Leova
* Nisporeni
* Ocnița
* Orhei
* Rezina
* Rîșcani
* Sîngerei
* Soroca
* Strășeni
* Șoldănești
* Ștefan Vodă
* Taraclia
* Telenești
* Ungheni

Other towns|

* Biruința
* Bucovăț
* Căinari
* Camenca1
* Ceadîr-Lunga
* Codru
* Cornești
* Costești
* Crasnoe1
* Cricova
* Cupcini
* Dnestrovsc1
* Dubăsari1
* Durlești
* Frunză
* Ghindești
* Grigoriopol1
* Iargara
* Lipcani
* Maiac1
* Mărculești
* Otaci
* Rîbnița1
* Sîngera
* Slobozia1
* Tiraspolul Nou1
* Tvardița
* Vadul lui Vodă
* Vatra
* Vulcănești

1 In Transnistria. 2 Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. 3 Also a municipality. 4 The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).

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