Făleşti (Fălești)
Fălești (Moldovan Cyrillic: Фэлешть; ) is a city and the administrative center of Fălești District, Moldova.
In January 2011, the population of Fălești was estimated to be 17,800.
On 7 August 2012, Fălești recorded a temperature of 42.4 C, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Moldova.
The town had an important Jewish community before World War II, 51% of the total population. The Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
In January 2011, the population of Fălești was estimated to be 17,800.
On 7 August 2012, Fălești recorded a temperature of 42.4 C, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Moldova.
The town had an important Jewish community before World War II, 51% of the total population. The Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
Map - Făleşti (Fălești)
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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 |