Sculeni
Sculeni | |
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Commune | |
  Sculeni Location in Moldova | |
| Coordinates: 47°19′N 27°38′E / 47.317°N 27.633°E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| District | Ungheni District |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,750 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Sculeni (Yiddish: סקולען, Skulen) is a commune in Ungheni District, Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Blindești, Floreni, Gherman and Sculeni.[2]
It is also a border checkpoint to Romania.
History
The Romanian boyar and heir apparent to the Moldavian throne Grigore Mihail Sturdza was born in Sculeni in 1821. He was the son of Prince Mihail Sturdza, a scion of Wallachian 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 a death squad of Romanian troops.[4][5][6]
The town is the namesake of the Skulen Hasidic dynasty, as its founder, Eliezer Zusia Portugal, initially served as the town's rabbi.
Natives
- 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
On 22 February 1821 (O.S.), accompanied by several other Greek officers in Russian service, Ypsilantis crossed the Prut into the Principalities.
Literature
Sculeni (battle of Sculeni) is mentioned by Alexander Pushkin in his short story The Shot.
See also
References
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ 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 from the original on 2015-09-12.
- ^ "Technical Problem Form".
- ^ "Gropile comune de la Stanca (The common pits from Stanca)" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
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