Sculeni
Sculeni | |
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Commune | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Moldova.svg 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Mircea Chistruga, film director
- 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
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On 22 February 1821 (O.S.), accompanied by several other Greek officers in Russian service, Ypsilantis crossed the Prut into the Principalities.
Literature
[edit | edit source]Sculeni (battle of Sculeni) is mentioned by Alexander Pushkin in his short story The Shot.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
- ^ Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 1154-55: "Sculeni".
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