Welcome to the Site of Balta, a town in Odessa province, Ukraine.

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• English pages
  • General Information, History and Photos of the City of Balta
  • More pictures of Balta streets
  • Balta Cemeteries
  • List of Perished Warriors (1941-1944)
  • Relevant Links
  • Guest Book
  • List of the Surnames mentioned in the Russian pages of the Site

  Russian pages: if you require information from the exact page, we may provide it on your request.

• Main page
  • Balta Town General Information: location, educational institutions, industry, museums, sights, shopping, important telephone numbers etc.
  • Map of the Balta District and Map of Balta
  • History of the Town and Region: Ancient times, archeological findings, Middle ages,  Polish and Ottoman rule. Yuzephgrod (Jozefgrod, 17th-18th centuries). Elensk (Yelensk, 1793). Russian Empire. Shtetl. Podolia. Revolution. Soviet  Union. World War 2. Ukraine. Odesa Province. Balta District.
    • History of Balta Psychosis. Innocent of Balta
    • Crimian Tatars. Their origin and history. Tatars were important in the region at the time of Turkish (Ottoman) Empire.
    • Armenians of the Town
    • Odessa - Balta Railroad History. The first railroad in the Ukraine (1864).
    • Railroad Biography by A. Skalkovsky, as it was written in 1865.
    • Firetower: history and pictures
    • Administrative Division of the District. Towns, shtetls, villages
      • Map of Braclaw Voivodship (18th century)
      • Map of Balta Uezd (Povit), 1876.
    • Religious Communities: 
      • Jews 
      • Russian Orthodox Church
      • Starovers (Old Believers, Old Russian Orthodox Church)
      • Roman Catholic Church
      • Muslims
      • Christian Temples of Podolia. Database. Balta District
    • Famous Town Natives. Biographies (G. Shonin, H. Ostropoler, J. Nedava, A. Veprik, J. Karakis, Z. Harris and others)
      •  Boris Bernstein Abram Pribluda, a Famous Historian, Linguist, Anthroponymic, and Researcher on Jewish Surnames 
      •  Abram S. Pribluda (1900 - 1978) From Childhood. Memoirs
      • Memoirs about Lev Aihenvald, a famous psychiatrist. By A. Pasechnichenko
      • Gavriil Boyko, a cardiologist. Biography and photo.
    • List of Balta Citizens, 1914
  • Pictures of the city streets: pages 1, 2, 3, 4 (pictures of Balta Teachers College), 5, 6
  • Villages and towns of Balta Rayon (District) Description and History.
    • Russian Orthodox Church in Belino
    • Golma (Holma). A. Sadovskiy's painting.
  • Links: More about Balta and Ukraine in the Internet.
  • Articles and Memoirs:  You may send us your Balta memoirs, pictures and family history.
    • Alexander Neustadt. Memoirs
    • Simeon Tsvang. Balta in my Life
    • Michael Tswang. My Father
    • Leonid Komissarenko. Komissarenko Family: Back to 1918.
    • Irina Tchernaya-Kleymionova. Memoirs and Family Pictures. 1920-1940s
    • A. S. Pribluda. Memoirs
    • Documents. Terzeman's Nobility Confirmation, 1805.
    • Mirkis - Shtern (Stern) Family Photo Album
    • Voicehovsky Family (variants: Voitsekhovski, Wojciechowski)
  • Wanted. Announcements.
  • Guest Book
  • Forum

  • Updates

For any questions and propositions feel free to mail us:

  baltatown@narod.ru