Parcani, Transnistria

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{{lang|ru|Парка́ны}} (Russian)
{{lang|uk|Паркани}} (Ukrainian)

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Parcani ({{lang-mo-Cyrl|Паркань}}; {{langx|bg|Паркани}}, Parkani; {{langx|uk|Паркани}}, Parkany; {{langx|ru|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.{{cite web|url=http://fotoplenka.ru/users/zhekov/252515/|script-title=ru:Болгары в Парканах. 200 лет.|language=ru|access-date=2008-10-24}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} According to some sources, it is the largest Bulgarian-majority village outside the borders of Bulgaria.{{cite news|url=http://www.nr2.ru/pmr/114246.html|script-title=ru:Болгария поздравила жителей приднестровского села Парканы с годовщиной освобождения от фашистов|date=2007-04-12|publisher=Новый Регион|language=ru|access-date=2008-10-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225144645/http://www.nr2.ru/pmr/114246.html|archive-date=2007-12-25}} A monument to Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski was unveiled in Parcani in September 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.mfa.bg/bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18234&Itemid=561|title=Серия от прояви в Република Молдова в чест на 100-годишнината от обявяването на независимостта на България |date=2008|publisher=Министерство на външните работи|language=bg|access-date=2008-10-24}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://tv8.md/2022/01/05/video-ce-se-intampla-in-stanga-nistrului-exploziile-din-zona-au-creat-panica-si-multe-discutii-in-randul-oficialilor/199400|title=/VIDEO/ Ce se întâmplă în stânga Nistrului: Exploziile din zonă au creat panică și multe discuții în rândul oficialilor|publisher=TV8|date=27 April 2022|language=ro}} It was later clarified that these reports referred to an attack that had occurred on that day on the Tiraspol Airport.{{cite news|url=https://pridnestrovie-news.ru/2022/04/transnistria-259/|title=Взрыв возле аэродрома в Тирасполе|newspaper=Novosti v Pridnestrovye i Moldove|date=26 April 2022|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502111609/https://pridnestrovie-news.ru/2022/04/transnistria-259/|archive-date=2 May 2022|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-27/false-flag-attack-concerns-moldova-transnistria-ukraine-russia/101018422|title=Possible 'false flag' attacks in separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria raises concerns Russia plans to expand conflict|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=27 April 2022}}

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.{{cite web | url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_nac_39_ra.php?reg=570 | title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 года }}

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.The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm