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 of historical towns were in 1437, when the ...

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. ...

. 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 (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

People

Gary Bertini Gary Bertini (; 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 Bricheva, Bessarabia, th ...

(born in Briceva) *

Boris Trakhtenbrot Boris (Boaz) Abramovich Trakhtenbrot (, ; 19 February 1921 – 19 September 2016) was a Russian-Israeli mathematician in logic, algorithms, theory of computation, and cybernetics. Biography Trakhtenbrot was born into a Jewish family in Brichevo, ...

(born in Briceva) *

Mihail Șleahtițchi Mihail Șleahtițchi (born 17 March 1956) is a pedagogue, psychologist, university professor and politician from the Republic of Moldova. Former MP, Secretary and Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for Culture, Education, Research, Youth, S ...

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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