Parcani, Transnistria

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Parcani Паркань (Moldovan Cyrillic) Парка́ны (Russian) Паркани (Ukrainian)
Commune
Parcani
Coordinates: 46°50′20″N 29°30′59″E / 46.83889°N 29.51639°E / 46.83889; 29.51639
Country (de jure)	Moldova
Country (de facto)	Transnistria[a]
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Parcani (Moldovan Cyrillic: Паркань; Bulgarian: Паркани, Parkani; Ukrainian: Паркани, Parkany; Russian: Парка́ны, Parkany) is a large commune and village in the Slobozia District of Transnistria, a de facto independent entity within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova. The village has a population of around 10,500, of whom 95% are ethnic Bulgarians (Bessarabian Bulgarians). The first Bulgarian colonists arrived in the village in the early 19th century.^[1] According to some sources, it is the largest Bulgarian-majority village outside the borders of Bulgaria.^[2] A monument to Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski was unveiled in Parcani in September 2008.^[3]

The village lies between Tiraspol and Bender; it is serviced by the trolleybus line between the two cities.

Reports of an attack on a military unit of the Armed Forces of Transnistria near Parcani appeared on 25 April 2022.^[4] It was later clarified that these reports referred to an attack that had occurred on that day on the Tiraspol Airport.^[5] This incident was part of a series of attacks of unknown authorship that occurred in Transnistria in that year during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which may have been a false flag operation by Russia or Transnistria itself.^[6]

According to the Soviet census of 1939, the population of the town was 7,363 inhabitants, of which 111 (1.51%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 6,614 (89.83%) Bulgarians, 373 (5.07%) Russians and 230 (3.12%) Ukrainians.^[7]

According to the 2004 census, the population of the commune was 10,543, of which 824 (7.81%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 1,180 (11.19%) Ukrainians, 1,668 (18.82%) Russians and 6,648 (63.05%) Bulgarians.^[8]

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