Edineț District
Edineț () is a district () in the north-west of Moldova, with the administrative center at Edineț.
The other major city is Cupcini. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 82,900.
Geography
The district is bordered by Briceni District to th ...
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Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...
Hlinaia village is first certified on April 12, 1620, as the "village of Costea Buceac" when given by
Gaspar Gratiani
Gaspar (or Gașpar, Gasparo) Graziani (also credited as Grazziani, Gratiani and Grațiani; 1575/1580 – 29 September 1620) was Voivode (List of Moldavian rulers, Prince) of Moldavia between February 4OS/February 14 NS 1619 and September 19 OS ...
, Buceac Costea's possession. In 1664 during
Gheorghe Duca
Gheorghe Duca (born 29 February 1952) is a Moldovan academic and politician who is a former president of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, an honorary member of the Romanian Academy, and former Moldovan Minister of Environment, Public Works and ...
, the village is known as the Racovat border. On 25 December 1772,
Russian military
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administration householders found in village 94, which requires them to pay taxes to the
tsar
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. The same administration in 1774 found only 45 householders here. The village grew not only from
natural increase
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but from
migration
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* Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another
** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...
. In 1871 it opened a
school
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literacy. Construction of new schools begins in 1904 and finish in 1906. In 1922 the villagers are allotted land. The 325 families are allotted with 657 ha of land. The
village
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already has a
steam mill
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* Albion Mills, Southwark, Albion Flour Mills, first steam mill in London from around 1790
* Aurora Steam Grist Mill, a historic gr ...
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primary school
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inn
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gendarmerie
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station and city hall.
World War II
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brought suffering and village. After the social changes of 1989–1991, the citizens own their own land. In 1997–2003, the village is part of Edinet County, and in 2003 the
district
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