Coșnița
Coșnița | |
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Monument of the Fallen Heroes of the 1992 War of Transnistria | |
| Coordinates: 47°8′43″N 29°8′5″E / 47.14528°N 29.13472°E | |
| Country | Moldova |
| District | Dubăsari |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alexei Gafeli |
| Area | |
• Total | 338 km2 (131 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 5,545 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | MD-4572 |
Coșnița is a commune located in Dubăsari District of the Republic of Moldova, on the eastern bank of the River Dniester. It consists of two villages, Coșnița and Pohrebea (Romanian: Pohrebea; Russian: Погребя, Pogrebya).
During the 1992 War of Transnistria, the commune was the center of some of the heaviest fighting between the local inhabitants and the government of the Republic of Moldova on one side, and the secessionist government of Transnistria and the Russian 14th Army, on the other. As a legacy of that war, Pogrebea today hosts one of the largest areas of unremoved landmines in the region.