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  Soroca | |
| Coordinates: 48�10?N 28�18?E? / ?48.167�N 28.3�E | |
| Country |  Moldova |
| County | Soroca |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Victor Sau |
| Population (2005) | |
| - Total | 28,407 |
| Website | Prima(ria Soroca |
Soroca (Russian: ?????? Soroki, Ukrainian: ?????? Soroky, Polish: Soroki, Yiddish: ???????? Soroke) is a Moldovan city situated on the Nistru River about 160 km north of Chis,ina(u. It is the administrative center of Soroca District.
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[edit] History
The city has its origin in the medieval Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona. It is known for its well-preserved stronghold, established by the Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great (S,tefan cel Mare in Romanian) in 1499.
The original wooden fort, which defended a ford over the Nistru, was an important link in the chain of fortifications which comprised four forts (e.g. Akkerman and Khotin) on the Nistru, two forts on the Danube and three forts on the north border of medieval Moldova. Between 1543 and 1546 under the rule of Petru Rares,, the fortress was rebuilt in stone as a perfect circle with five bastions situated at equal distances.
During the Great Turkish War, John Sobieski's forces successfully defended the fortress against the Ottomans. It was of vital military importance during the Pruth Campaign of Peter the Great in 1711. The stronghold was sacked by the Russians in the Russo-Turkish War (1735�1739). The Soroca fortress is an important attraction in Soroca, having preserved cultures and kept the old Soroca in the present day.
The locality was greatly extended in the 19th century, during a period of relative prosperity. Soroca became a regional center featuring large squares, modernized streets, hospitals, grammar schools and conventionalized churches. In the Soviet period the town became an important industrial center for northern Moldova.[1]
[edit] Demographics
Population: 28,362 (2004); 42,225 (1989); 31,831 (1979)[2], 15,351 (1897) [3]
The town has a sizable Romani (Gypsy) minority and is popularly known as the "Romani capital of Moldova."[4]
[edit] People from Soroca
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- Peisah Jelihovschi (1916 - 1982), Jewish entrepreneur, former owner of Ao Preco Fixo
- Gheorghe Ursu (1926 - 1985), a Romanian construction engineer
- Eugen T,apu, (1983 - 2009), a protestor in the post-election riots in Chis,ina(u who died while in police custody
- Arkadiy (Avraham) Gendler (), Yiddish singer
- Robert Steinberg (), Jewish mathematician
- Israel Gohberg (Hokhberg) ()
- Leonte Tisma(neanu (), a Jewish Romanian communist activist
- Constantin Stere (), born near here
- Other related person
[edit] Gallery
 Thanksgiving Candle can be seen at night from Otaci and Camenca. |  |  |  Manastirea Rughi Soroca |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.turism.md/eng/city/18/
- ^ http://www.citypopulation.de/Moldova.html
- ^ http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd_eng.php?reg=82
- ^ Steve Kokker, Cathryn Kemp (2004) "Romania and Moldova" (a travel guide), ISBN 174104149X p.322
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[edit] See also
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