Rîșcani (Rîşcani)
Rîșcani (, also spelled Râșcani) is a city in Moldova, the capital of the Rîșcani District. It is located along the Copăceanca river, about 22 kilometres from the station in Drochia. Two villages are administered by the city, Bălanul Nou and Rămăzan.
During the interwar period, the city was the seat of Plasa Râșcani, in Bălți County, Romania.
A number of Bessarabian Germans lived in the village from its founding in 1865, who called it Ryschkanowka. The German population was forcibly removed in 1940; among the Germans expelled from Rîșcani were the parents of later German president Horst Köhler.
In the USSR era, Rîșcani was home to a number of factories, a state agrotechnic school, and tobacco farms. In January 2011, the population was 14,400.
During the interwar period, the city was the seat of Plasa Râșcani, in Bălți County, Romania.
A number of Bessarabian Germans lived in the village from its founding in 1865, who called it Ryschkanowka. The German population was forcibly removed in 1940; among the Germans expelled from Rîșcani were the parents of later German president Horst Köhler.
In the USSR era, Rîșcani was home to a number of factories, a state agrotechnic school, and tobacco farms. In January 2011, the population was 14,400.
Map - Rîșcani (Rîşcani)
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Country - Moldova
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Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia. In 1856, southern Bessarabia was returned to Moldavia, which three years later united with Wallachia to form Romania, but Russian rule was restored over the whole of the region in 1878. During the 1917 Russian Revolution, Bessarabia briefly became an autonomous state within the Russian Republic. In February 1918, it declared independence and then integrated into Romania later that year following a vote of its assembly. The decision was disputed by Soviet Russia, which in 1924 established, within the Ukrainian SSR, a so-called Moldavian autonomous republic on partially Moldovan-inhabited territories to the east of Bessarabia.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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MDL | Moldovan leu | L | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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RO | Romanian language |
RU | Russian language |
TR | Turkish language |