Sculeni

 ( Communes Of Ungheni District ) 

Sculeni (, Skulen) is a commune in Ungheni District, Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Blindești, Floreni, Gherman and Sculeni. Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM)

It is also a border checkpoint to Romania.

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History The Romanians boyar and heir apparent to the Moldavia throne Grigore Sturdza was born in Sculeni in 1821. He was the son of Prince Mihail Sturdza, a scion of Wallachian and Moldavian nobility.

The town had an important Jewish community before World War II.Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 1154-55: "Sculeni". In June 1941, hundreds of Jews from the area were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by a death squad of Romanian troops.

The town is the namesake of the Skulen Hasidic dynasty, as its founder, Eliezer Zusia Portugal, initially served as the town's rabbi.

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Natives

• Mircea Chistruga, film director
• Grigore Sturdza, boyar (noble), soldier, politician and adventurer
• Olga Bogdanova, actress
• Andrei Eșanu, historian
• Wincenty (Morari), metropolitan
• Eliezer Zusia Portugal, rabbi
• Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, rabbi

==Gallery==

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Literature Sculeni (battle of Sculeni) is mentioned by Alexander Pushkin in his short story The Shot.

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See also

• Battle of Sculeni
• Sculeni, Iaşi
• Skulen (Hasidic dynasty)

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