Dniestr
The Dniestr (of the Russian : Днестр , in Ukrainian: Дністер = Dnister , in Greek and Latin: Tyras , in Rumanian: Nistru ) is a Fleuve of Eastern Europe long the 1550 km, which leaves Beskides Eastern in Galicie, initially runs with the NR. E., and then with S.E.; passes to Sambor, Halitch, Mariampol, Hotin, Mohiliv, Tighina, Tiraspol, and forms a lagoon (Liman of Dniestr) before joining the Black Sea close to the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Bellegarde Pontique, Montecastro, Cetatea-Alba) in the area of Odessa.
Principal affluents: Sereth podolien, Podharka, Răut.
Historically, it separates the Podolie and Tauride (left bank), of Moldavie and the Bessarabia (Right Bank). It was one of the waterways of the Varègues (Vikings of the Baltique) towards Constantinople. Today it makes partially office of border between the Ukraine and the République of Moldavie, and inside this one, between the zone roumanophone (Right Bank) and the Republic of Pridniestrie Russian speaker autoproclamée (Transnistrie or left bank). However, certain communes of the left bank (Pîrlita) are roumanophones, and the town of Tighina on Right Bank is Russian speaker.
Remarkable sites: Moldavian medieval citadels of Hotin (today in Ukraine), of Soroca (Moldavie), Cetatea-Albă (today Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine); monasteries troglodytes of Butuceni, Moldavie, 15th century.
See too
- List of rivers in the world
External bonds
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Page devoted to Dniestr on the site moldavie.fr
- Development project and of management of Dniestr