Ra Cov (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ra cov is one of the oldest communes of Transnistria. It is located in its the northern part, between R bni a and Camenca. It is composed of two villages, Ra cov and Iantarnoe (, ). It was founded in 1402 as a trading post on the Dniester river. The name means a species of mushroom, Lactarius deliciosus, in Romanian. During Middle Ages, the village was one of seven major fairs for the Dniester-Southern Bug area (the others being Mohuliv, Dub sari, Silibria, Yampil, Yaruga, and Vasilc u). It was also the place of residence of the Rabbi Jacob Joseph of Polonne, a leading Jewish Hasidic zaddik, after his exile from Sharogrod.