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BALTA

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General view of the central part of Balta

 

 

 

 

 

Streets of  old Balta 

 

Kodyma  river.

It divides the town into the two parts.

 

 

St. Stanislav  Roman Catholic Church.
The church was built in 16th century and significantly reconstructed in the 18th century

 

A vanishing shtetl...

Dos shtibl is alt, farvaksn mit mokh in gros,
Der alter dakh zefolt, di fenster on a gloz,
Der ganek is krum, tsiboygn di vent,
Di volst dos shoyn mer gurnit derkent...

                                        (Belz, a yiddish song)