Telenești () is a city in
Moldova
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, located 91 kilometres to the north of the capital city,
Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ), also known as Kishinev (russian: Кишинёв, r=Kishinjóv ), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the middle of the ...
. Telenești is the administrative center of the
eponymous district. Three villages are administered by the city: Mihălașa, Mihălașa Nouă and Izvoraș. As of 2004, it had a population of 6,855, 89 percent of whom were
Moldovan.
Moldovan 2004 census results
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Media
* Jurnal FM
Jurnal FM ( ro, Jurnal FM) is a Moldovan radio station owned by NGO Sănătatea. Jurnal FM started its broadcasting in 2009
as an internet radio station. Starting 25 December 2010, Jurnal FM broadcasts via FM in Chisinau and in other important cit ...
– 88.2 MHz
Notable people
* Angel Agache, Moldovan politician.
* Nicoleta Dara
Nicoleta Dara (born Nicoleta Darabană, on 22 May 1993 in Telenești), commonly known as Dara, is a Moldovan pop singer. She is well known for singing in preselection for Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest in March 2012, where she sang her ...
, singer
* Nachum Gutman (1898–1980), Teleneşti-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author
Religion
Before World War II, the town had an important Jewish population. The Cathedral of St. Elijah from Telenești is one of the newest representative architectural monument. Țurcan Vasile is the priest of the St. Elijah Cathedral. The construction of Cathedral started in 2006.
Further reading
* Axentie Blanovschi: ''Telenești'', Ed. Timpul Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ), also known as Kishinev (russian: Кишинёв, r=Kishinjóv ), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the middle of the ...
, 1986
Teleneshty
(p. 421) at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation
Miriam Weiner () is an American genealogist, author, and lecturer who specializes in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. Weiner is considered to be one of the pioneers of contemporary Jewish genealogy through her wo ...
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Moldova
Orgeyevsky Uyezd
Orhei County (Romania)
Ținutul Nistru
Shtetls
Telenești District
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