Moldova

Eastern Europe
- Calarasi - Kishinev
- Bendery - Ungheni
- Parkani

MOLDOVA (formerly Moldavia), independent democratic republic belonging to the CIS, which proclaimed its independence in May 1990. In 1979 it had 80,100 Jews and in 1989–65,800 (of whom 35,700 lived in Kishinev). The estimated Jewish population at the end of 1991 was 28,500. In 1988 the Jewish birth rate was 9.3 per 1,000 and mortality rate—17.1 per 1,000.

Bessarabia, region between the rivers Prut and Dniester; before 1812 part of Moldavia, with several districts under direct Ottoman rule; within Russia 1812–1918; part of Romania 1918–40; returned to Russia 1940. The larger (central) part is in Moldova; the extreme northern and southern sections in the Ukraine.

Source:
www.heritagefilms.com

Links:
link Moldova - Federated Jewish Communities of Moldova
link Moldova - Jewish Memory
link Moldova - Jews of Moldova

Articles:
Text / article 01 - Up to 1812
02 - 1812-1918
03 - 1918-1941
04 - From 1941
05 - Further Developments in the Mid-1990s
06 - Tiraspol, Soroki, Rascani, Teleneshty

Pictures / Documents:
1882 - Map from Moldova in 1882