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 ...
References
External links
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
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