Bila Krynytsya

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Bila Krynytsya (Ukrainian: Біла Криниця, Romanian: Fântâna Albă, Russian: Белая Криница) is a village in the Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the Hlybotsky Raion (district), on the Ukrainian-Romanian border, in the historic region of Bukovina (Ukrainian: Буковина). The international border runs just a few hundred metres south of the village. It means "White Well" in Ukrainian.

The recent estimated population is 169 (as of 2006) and is made up almost entirely of Lipovans. The First Hierarch of the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy of the Orthodox Old-Rite Church nominally has the seat of his ecclesiastical See in Bila Krynytsya.

[edit] History

Bila Krynytsya was founded in 1784 AD.^[1]

In 1941, it was the site of the Fântâna Albă massacre.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ (Romanian) Short history

[edit] Further reading

• Short text on Bila Krynytsya published as hidden europe e-news, No. 2006/20 (August 2006)

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Coordinates: 47°58′30″N 25°53′0″E / 47.975°N 25.88333°E / 47.975; 25.88333

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