Sîngerei (also spelled Sângerei) is a city in

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...

and the seat of

Sîngerei District Sîngerei () is a district () in the north of Moldova, with the administrative center at Sîngerei. The other major city is Biruința. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 93,400. Between 1944 and 1991, Sîngerei district was called ''Lazo ...

. One village is administered by the city, Vrănești.

History

During the interwar period, the city was the seat of Plasa Sângerei, in Bălți County,

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. Between 1944 and 1991 the city was named Lazovsk, after the name of Moldovan communist

Sergey Lazo Sergey (Serghei, Sergei) Georgiyevich Lazo (, ro, Serghei Lazo; March 7, 1894 – April or May 1920) was a Russian nobleman, officer of the Imperial Russian Army, and Bolshevik leader in the October 1917 Revolution in the Russian Far East. ...

Media

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Notable people

* Anton Crihan *

Vasile Gafencu Vasile Gafencu (1 February 1886 – 16 March 1942) was a Bessarabian politician. He was the father of Valeriu Gafencu (1921–1952), nicknamed ''The Saint of Prisons''. Biography He served as Member of the Moldovan Parliament (1917–1918). ...

* Ion Hadârcă *

Petru Hadârcă Petru Hadârcă (born 8 May 1963) is a director and actor from Moldova. He served as head of the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre in Chişinău. Petru Hadârcă completed the B.V.Schukin Higher Theatre School (Institute) in 1985 and then he was ...

* Vitalie Nagacevschi

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sîngerei is twinned with: *

Hârlău Hârlău (also spelled ''Hîrlău'', ; he, חרלאו; hu, Harló) is a town in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It was one of the princely court cities of Moldavia, in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the to ...

Gallery

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References

Cities and towns in Moldova Bălți County (Romania) Sîngerei District {{Sîngerei-geo-stub