Tîrnova is a commune in

Dondușeni District Dondușeni District () is a district (''raion'') in the north of Moldova. Its administrative center is the city of Dondușeni. As of 2011, its population was 45,100. History The earliest attestations historical towns down in 1437 when the dist ...

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

. It is composed of three villages: Briceva, Elenovca (formerly ''Elena-Doamnă'') and Tîrnova.''Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova'' (CUATM)
Briceva (also ''Brichevo'', ''Bricheva'') was established as a Jewish agricultural colony in 1836 and maintained Jewish majority until

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

People

Gary Bertini Gary Bertini ( he, גארי ברתיני, May 1, 1927 – March 17, 2005) was one of the most important Israeli musicians and conductors. In 1978 he was awarded the Israel Prize for Music. Biography Gary Bertini was born ''Shloyme Golergant'' in ...

(born in Briceva) *

Boris Trakhtenbrot Boris (Boaz) Abramovich Trakhtenbrot (russian: Борис Авраамович Трахтенброт, he, בועז טרכטנברוט; 19 February 1921 – 19 September 2016) was a Russian-Israeli mathematician in logic, algorithms, theory of co ...

(born in Briceva) *

Mihail Șleahtițchi Mihail Șleahtițchi (born March 17, 1956 in Tîrnova, Dondușeni District, MSSR) is a pedagogue, psychologist, university professor and politician from the Republic of Moldova. Former MP, Secretary and Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission f ...

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Briceva in the list of Jewish agricultural colonies of Soroca District of Bessarabia
Communes of Dondușeni District Soroksky Uyezd Soroca County (Romania) Historic Jewish communities {{Dondușeni-geo-stub