Olenivka, Balta Raion

Olenivka Coat of Arms.

Olenivka (Ukrainian: Оленівка; Romanian: Urâta) is a commune in Balta Raion, Odessa Oblast, southern Ukraine, located at 47° 57' 16"n, 29° 30' 45"e, near the Dniester River border with Moldova. It is approximately 110km from Chișinău.^[1]^[2] It administers two villages, Moshniahy (Мошняги; Moșneanca) and Semeno-Karpivka (Семено-Карпівка).

Beauplan's map from 1648 showing Olenivka Dniester area(South is up).
War memorial

References

↑ Olivenka at Maplandia.
↑ http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1556689&fid=6493&c=ukraine Olivenka ] at geographic.org.

Coordinates: 47°57′13″N 29°30′06″E / 47.9536°N 29.5017°E / 47.9536; 29.5017

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