Sculeni ( yi, סקולען, ''Skulen'') is a commune in
Ungheni District,
Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Blindești, Floreni, Gherman and Sculeni.
It is also a
border checkpoint to Romania.
History
The town had an important Jewish community before World War II to such an extent that a
Hasidic dynasty
A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:
* Each leader of the dynasty is often known as an ''ADMOR'' (abbreviation for '' ADoneinu MOreinu ...
is designated after its name, the
Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
In June 1941, hundreds of Jews from the area were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by a
death squad
A death squad is an armed group whose primary activity is carrying out extrajudicial killings or forced disappearances as part of political repression, genocide, ethnic cleansing, or revolutionary terror. Except in rare cases in which they are ...
of Romanian troops.
[http://www.pogromuldelaiasi.ro/gropi-comune/gropile-comune-de-la-stanca/]
Natives
*
Andrei Eșanu, historian
*
Eliezer Zusia Portugal, rabbi
*
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, rabbi
*
Grigore Sturdza, politician and adventurer
*
Wincenty (Morari), metropolitan
Gallery
File:AlexanderYpsilantisPruth.jpg, On 22 February 1821 (O.S.), accompanied by several other Greek officers in Russian service, Ypsilantis
The House of Ypsilantis ( el, Υψηλάντης; ro, Ipsilanti) was a Greek Phanariote family which grew into prominence and power in Constantinople during the last centuries of Ottoman Empire and gave several short-reign '' hospodars'' to the ...
crossed the Prut into the Principalities.
Literature
Sculeni (battle of Sculeni) is mentioned by
Alexander Pushkin in his short story
The Shot.
See also
*
Battle of Sculeni
*
Sculeni, Iaşi
*
Skulen (Hasidic dynasty)
References
Communes of Ungheni District
Moldova–Romania border crossings
Populated places on the Prut
Beletsky Uyezd
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