Transnistria, the city had 23,650 inhabitants, including 8,954 Moldovans, 8,062 Ukrainians, 5,891 Russians, 153 Belarusians, 104 Bulgarians, 90 Armenians, 49 Poles, 66 Gagauzians, 46 Jews, 39 Germans, 31 Gypsies, and 165 others and non-declared. Notable natives Nikolai Sklifosovsky (1836 in Dubasari — 1904) a Russian surgeon and physiologist of Greek origin Pyotr Rachkovsky (1853 in Dubasari – 1910) was chief of Okhrana, the secret service in Imperial Russia. He was based in Paris from 1885 to 1902. Ion Creangă (politician) (1883 in Corjova - ??) was a Bessarabian politician Isidor Sârbu (1886 in Corjova - 1980) was a Moldavian victim of dekulakization. Yosef Baratz (1890 in Coşniţa - 1968 in Israel) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. Nichita Smochină (1894 in Mahala – 1980 in Bucharest) was a Transnistrian-born activist, scholar and political figure, especially noted for campaigning on behalf of ethnic Romanians in the Soviet Union Leonid Corneanu (1909 in Coşniţa - 1957 in Chișinău) was a Moldovan poet, playwright and folklorist. Petru Soltan (1931 in Coşniţa – 2016 in Chișinău) was a Moldovan mathematician and politician Timofei Moșneaga (1932 in Corjova – 2014) was a Moldovan physician and public figure who served as the Health Minister of Moldova from 1994 to 1997. Vlad Ioviţă (1935 in Cocieri - 1983 in Chişinău) was a writer from Moldova. Anatol Codru (1936 in Molovata Nouă - 2010 in Chişinău) was a writer and film director Vladimir Voronin (born 1941 in Corjova) a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 Ștefan Urâtu (born 1951 in Ustia) is a politician from Moldova. Vlad Grecu, (born 1959 in Dubăsarii Vechi) a Moldovan writer, now lives in Chişinău Mykhaylo Okhendovsky (born 1973 in Dubăsari) Ukrainian lawyer and Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine Igor Pugaci (born 1975 in Dubăsari) is a retired a Moldovan road bicycle racer. Anna Odobescu (born 1991 in Dubăsari) is a singer who represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. In fiction The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner is set in Dubossary, before and during the 1903 Kishinev pogrom. References External links Dubosary (Dubăsari) in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1881) Site of city of Dubăsari Dubăsari (in Romanian) Cities and towns in Transnistria Cities and towns in Moldova Yedisan Tiraspolsky Uyezd Dubăsari District, Transnistria