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Zgurița
Zgurița is a village in Drochia District, in the north of Moldova. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 2,840. History The village was founded by merging three localities: ''Zgura'' in the North, ''Nicorești'' in North-West, two Romanian villages mentioned before 1812, and ''Zgurița'' (''little Zgura''), in South-West, a Jewish agricultural colony founded in 1853 on an area of over rented by Jewish settlers in Bessarabia. It was the last Jewish agricultural settlement in Bessarabia. Nicorești was eventually separated from Zgurița. In 1878, the new Jewish owner canceled the lease of the estate, and Zgurița lost its status as a Jewish agricultural colony. From 1890 to 1903 further Jewish settlement in Zgurița was prohibited by virtue of the May Laws issued by the Russian Tsarist authorities on May 3, 1882. In 1897, Zgurița's Jewish population was 1,802, comprising 85% of the total population of the village. In 1918, Bessarabia united with Romania. The Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Moldova
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