Skuleni ( Mold. Sculeni ; also Skulyany ) - a village in the Ungheni region of Moldova . It is the administrative center of the Skuleni commune, which also includes the villages of Blindesht , Floren and German [5] .
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| Scule | |||
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| mold Sculeni | |||
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| A country |  Moldova | ||
| Area | Ungensky District | ||
| Commune | Scule | ||
| Mayor | Vasily Kasyan ( Mold. Vasile Casian ) | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| First mention | 1432 | ||
| Height | 59 [1] m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 2792 [2] people ( 2004 ) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +373 236 | ||
| Postcode | MD-3644 [3] | ||
| CUATM Code | 9234000 [4] | ||
Content
History
The first documented mention of Skulian dates back to 1437 under the name Shendren [6] .
After the accession of Bessarabia to the Russian Empire , the Skulans become a border settlement. On February 26 ( March 10 ), 1813, quarantine was established here, the opening of which took place on July 26 ( August 7 ), 1814 . According to the instructions, the quarantine period for passengers was 16 days. Things “prone to plague” were cleaned with fumigation for 24 hours according to the Guiton de Morvo system [7] .
According to the Bessarabian population census of 1817 [8] , the estate “Skulyany, where there is quarantine ”, belonged to the district of Turi (Turi) of Iasi district, belonged to the boyar Nikolai Rosetti. The number of residents included both bridge builders and coachmen from the post office. There were two beams with fishing, two vineyards, three gardens and two mills on the Prut River . Arable land, hayfields and pasture - with constraints, but since the empty estates of Danesti adjoined the Skulans, the inhabitants, by agreement, earned food on the latter.
- The state of the village of discharge B (mediocre).
- Statistics of the clergy: 1 priest, 1 widow of a priest, 1 sexton, 1 clerk.
- Statistics of the upper class: 1 ruptash .
- Statistics of the lower class: Tsaran farms - 94, Widows Tsaran farms - 3, Burlaks (single) farms - 12.
- In total: 110 male and 4 widowed farms [8] .
In 1790, a wicker rod church with the church of St. Nicholas was built in the village. In 1822, instead of a wooden church, the brick St. Nicholas Church was erected on a stone foundation, with a tin coating.
According to the Lists of the inhabited places of the Bessarabian province for 1859 , Skulyany is the owner's place on the Prut River with 425 yards. The population was 2048 people (1018 men, 1030 women) [9] . The village was part of the Iasi district of the Bessarabian province . There was one Jewish synagogue , two houses of worship, a post station, and one factory. Weekly bazaars were held.
The same source mentions Old Skulyany - the owner's village near the Prut River with 59 yards and 290 inhabitants (146 men, 144 women) [10] .
According to the directory "Volosts and the most important villages of European Russia" for 1886 , Skulyany is a place near the Prut River with 231 yards and 1212 inhabitants, the administrative center of Skulyanskaya volost in Iasi district [11] . Old Skulyany - the village of Tsaran in 65 yards and 265 residents with one Orthodox church.
In 1930, the village of Skulen was divided into three parts: Skuleni-Targ, Skuleni Vek on the right bank and Skuleni Vek on the left bank of the Prut, which were registered in the 1930 census as separate settlements [6] .
From November 11, 1940 to January 9, 1956, the village was the administrative center of the abolished Skulyansky district .
Geography
The village is located at an altitude of 59 meters above sea level [1] .
In Romania , on the opposite bank of the Prut River , there is a village of the same name (Victoria Commune, Iasi County ).
Population
According to the 2004 census , 2792 people live in the village of Skulen (1368 men, 1424 women) [2] .
The ethnic composition of the village [12] :
| Nationality | Number of inhabitants | Percentage composition |
|---|---|---|
| Moldavians | 2532 | 90.7% |
| romanians | 85 | 3.0% |
| Russians | 73 | 2.6% |
| Ukrainians | 64 | 2.3% |
| gypsies | sixteen | 0.6% |
| Gagauz | 2 | 0.1% |
| Bulgarians | 2 | 0.1% |
| the Jews | 2 | 0.1% |
| Poles | one | <0.1% |
| other | 15 | 0.5% |
| Total | 2792 | 100 % |
Famous Natives
- Arseny, Mikhail Vladimirovich (born 1942) - Moldavian football specialist.
- Burlaku, Natalia (born 1952) - economist, professor, dean, head of the department of ULIM.
- Eşanu, Andrei (born 1948) - historian, academician of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
- Zhdanov, Alexander Georgievich (born 1932) - Soviet and Moldavian politician, member of the Parliament of Moldova from the Party of Communists .
- Kildescu, Emil (born 1938) - artist, member of the Union of Artists of Moldova.
- Krusser, Alexander Semenovich (1893-1919) - Russian revolutionary and military leader, member of the RSDLP (b) since 1913 .
- Okinchuk, Ion (born 1927) - prose writer and playwright, member of the Romanian Writers Union.
- Portuguese, Elieizer-Zise (Skulian Rebbe) (1898-1982) - Hasidic tzadik , founder of the Skulian dynasty.
- Portuguese, Isrul-Avrum (born 1925) - Hasidic tzadik , son of Leiser-Zise of Portugal .
Interesting Facts
- In 1974, Valentin Kataev wrote the novel “Cemetery in the Skulans”, describing the numerous hostilities in the Skulans of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Skulen . earthtools.org . - Altitude according to SRTM .
- ↑ 1 2 National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova . Population by type of locality, settlements and sex, in a territorial context ( .Xls ). The official website of the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova . - The results of the 2004 census of Moldova . Date of treatment October 27, 2012. (148 KB)
- ↑ Postal codes of the Republic of Moldova (mold.) (Neopr.) ? . Official website of “ Poşta Moldovei ”. Date of treatment October 27, 2012.
- ↑ National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova . Clasificatorul unităţilor administrativ-teritoriale (CUATM) . The official website of the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova . - Classifier of administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Moldova (CUATM). Date of treatment May 22, 2017.
- ↑ Law No. 764 of December 27, 2001 on the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Moldova . State Register of Legal Acts of the Republic of Moldova . Date of treatment July 2, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Skulen, Ungheni district . Website www.moldovenii.md. Date of treatment January 22, 2014.
- ↑ P.P. Svinin. Description of the Bessarabian region . Date of treatment May 3, 2013. Archived May 16, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 I.N. Khalippa . Mural of land tenure and class structure of the population of Bessarabia according to the census of 1817 // Transactions of the Bessarabian provincial scientific archival commission . - Chisinau: Tipolithography of E. Shliomovich, 1907. - T. 3. - P. 111-112. - 596 p.
- ↑ Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Empire. Bessarabian region. The list of settlements according to 1859 . - St. Petersburg: Karl Wolfe Printing House, 1861. - S. 69. - 124 p.
- ↑ Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Empire. Bessarabian region. The list of settlements according to 1859 . - St. Petersburg: Karl Wolfe Printing House, 1861. - S. 72. - 124 p.
- ↑ Volosts and the most important villages of European Russia. Provinces of the Novorossiysk Group / Ershov G. G .. - St. Petersburg. : Central Statistical Committee, 1886. - T. VIII. - 157 p.
- ↑ National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova . Population by nationality and population, in the territorial context ( .Xls ). The official website of the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova . - The results of the 2004 census of Moldova . Date of treatment October 27, 2012. (302 KB)