C. A. Rosetti is a commune in Tulcea County , Northern Dobruja , Romania . The commune is named for writer and politician Constantin Alexandru Rosetti . It is composed of five villages: C. A. Rosetti, Cardon, Letea, Periprava, and Sfiștofca.
5-841: The commune lies on the right bank of the Chilia branch of the Danube . It is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with Ukraine . A ferry service across the Danube operates from Periprava to Vylkove , a small city in the Izmail Raion of Odesa Oblast . At the 2011 census , 65.7% of the inhabitants were Romanians, 24.3% Russian Lipovans , and 9.8% Ukrainians. The same census found that Letea ( Russian : Летя, Letya ) village had 348 inhabitants, down from 404 in 2002. Of those, 399 were native speakers of Romanian, and 5 of Ukrainian. The painter Stavru Tarasov [ ro ] (1883–1961)
10-566: The Danube are the Sulina branch and the Sfântu Gheorghe branch . The Chilia branch begins at the Ismail Islet where Danube splits on Chilia branch and Sulina branch and ends near the town of Vylkove where Chilia branch splits further into Ochakove distributary (eastward) and Old Istambul distributary (southward). Chilia branch is 104 kilometres (65 mi) long. The flow at the entrance into
15-625: The delta is of 6,350 m /s; the Chilia branch carries between 58 and 60 percent of this flow. Along the Chilia branch is located the former Ottoman fortress in today's Ukrainian city of Izmail . The fall of Izmail in 1789 led the Ottomans' loss of complete control over the northern Pontic shores (today southern Ukraine) and to the expansion the Russian Empire to this part of the Black Sea , with
20-514: The river Danube that contribute to forming the Danube Delta . Lying at the northernmost area of the delta, the distributary creates a natural border between Romania and Ukraine (see Romania-Ukraine border ) and is named after the two towns carrying the same name, located across from one another on both banks: Kiliya , on the northern, Ukrainian bank and Chilia Veche (Old Chilia) on the southern, Romanian bank. The other two main branches of
25-464: Was born in Letea. The Periprava labor camp operated near the village of Periprava during communist rule . This Tulcea County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chilia branch The Chilia branch ( Romanian : Brațul Chilia ; Ukrainian : Кілійське гирло , romanized : Kiliiske hyrlo ) is one of three main distributary channels of
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