Sculeni (Yiddish:סקולען,Skulen) is a commune inUngheni District,Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Blindești, Floreni, Gherman and Sculeni.[2]
Sculeni | |
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Commune | |
  Sculeni Location in Moldova | |
| Coordinates:47°19′N27°38′E / 47.317°N 27.633°E /47.317; 27.633 | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| District | Ungheni District |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,750 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
It is also aborder checkpoint to Romania.
History
editTheRomanianboyar and heir apparent to theMoldavian throneGrigore Mihail Sturdza was born in Sculeni in 1821. He was the son ofPrinceMihail Sturdza, a scion ofWallachian and Moldavian nobility.
The town had an important Jewish community before World War II.[3] In June 1941, hundreds of Jews from the area were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by adeath squad of Romanian troops.[4][5][6]
The town is the namesake of theSkulenHasidic dynasty, as its founder,Eliezer Zusia Portugal, initially served as the town's rabbi.
Natives
edit- Grigore Sturdza, boyar (noble), soldier, politician and adventurer
- Olga Bogdanova, actress
- Andrei Eșanu, historian
- Wincenty (Morari), metropolitan
- Eliezer Zusia Portugal, rabbi
- Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, rabbi
Gallery
edit
On 22 February 1821 (O.S.), accompanied by several other Greek officers in Russian service,Ypsilantis crossed thePrut into the Principalities.
Literature
editSculeni (battle of Sculeni) is mentioned byAlexander Pushkin in his short storyThe Shot.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014:"Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)"(XLS).National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved2017-05-01.
- ^Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM)(in Romanian)
- ^Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 1154-55: "Sculeni".
- ^"SCULENI: Iasi | moldova-inc-transnistria-region - International Jewish Cemetery Project".www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org. Archived fromthe original on 2015-09-12.
- ^"Technical Problem Form".
- ^"Gropile comune de la Stanca (The common pits from Stanca)" (in Romanian). Archived fromthe original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved2016-05-15.
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