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Kishinev

Town Leader: Ariel Parkansky

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1900s Name: Kishinev
1900s District: Lapushna
1900s Province: Bessarabia
1900s Country: Russian Empire

Modern: Chisinau, Moldova
Modern Ukrainian:
Modern Russian:

1930s: Chisinau, Lapusna, Basarabia, Romania
1950s: Kishinev, Soviet Union

Other names: Kishinev [Rus], Chisinau [Rom], Keshenev [Yid], Kischinew [Ger], Kyshyniv [Ukr], Kiszyniów [Pol], Kišinev [Cz], Kisinev [Turk], Keshinov, Khisinau, Kishinëv, Kishinef, Kiscinev

Coordinates: 47°00'N 28°51'E Mapquest Google Maps

Projects

Project Short DescriptionStatusView
Revision ListsIn progress
Coordinator: Yefim Kogan Revizskie Skazki (Revision Lists) project started in 2009. The Revision Lists (census, family lists) enumerated individuals/families subject to taxation and identified men to draft into the army. The database contains more than 180,000 records from the 9th, 10th and Additional Revisions from 1840-1870s.
Yizkor book translation: The Jews of KishinevCompleted
Coordinator: Yefim Kogan November, 2017. The book is almost completed. there is only one chapter to finish. December, 2017. The book is completed.
Divorce records for town of Kishinev 1879-80, 1882, 1885-86, 1888, 1891, 1893, 1897-1900, 1902, 1904-07, 1910Completed
Coordinator:    
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Document and Dataset Collections

NameTime frameView
Yizkor book translation: The Jews of Kishinev
Translation of the book started several years ago and was done by Dalya Danish and Sheli Fain, and Sheli is working on the last chapter (November, 2017).
'Chisinau' - Pinkas Hakehillot Romania19 and 20 centuries
Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume II
The Jews of Kishinev (Yehudei Kishinev)19 and 20 centuries
(July, 2017) Kishinev Yizkor Book, next chapter was completed. Only 2 chapters left to complete the book. Thanks a lot to Sheli Fain! (November, 2016) Chapters "Social Movements" and "The Pogrom in the year 1903" were translated and sent to JewishGen for the Book: The Jews of Kishinev. The whole book translation is available at JewishGen!
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Master Name Index for Kishinev

-, ABOVSKIY, ABRAMOVICH, AKERSHTEIN, AKSENTAN, ALTER , ALTERMAN, ALTMAN, APTEKAR, ARENDATOR, ARONOVICH, ASHFARB, ASNES, AVERBUKH, AYZINBERG, BADAS, BIRMAN, BLANK, BLEVAYS, BORSHANSKIY, BRONFMAN, BUNDUC, BURDANIK, DEKHTYAR, DORFMAN, EISNER, EUFRUSIA, FELDMAN, FISHMAN, FLEYSHMAN, GELMAN, GENDLER, GERUSH, GOLDENSHTEYN, GRINBERG, KALSKY, KHAIMOVICH, KLEYNERMAN, KOFMAN, KOGAN, KOKHMAN, KOLKER, KORN, KOZEN / AVERBAKH, LANDO, LAPUSHNER, LAPUSHNYAN, LAPUSHNYANSKIY, LARGMAN, LATER
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Gallery

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AbramovGallery of Composers, Singers, Actors
AroniGallery of Painters, Sculptors, Architects
AshGallery of Composers, Singers, Actors
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Articles

TitleTypeAuthorView
Finding Fera Citron, Part I, tracing the familyPeople Stories   
 Finding Fera Citron, Part I added Feb 2014. (Esther Aptekar from Ksihinev. Tracing the family.)
Goldie Steinberg, the oldest JewPeople Stories   
Kishinev CousinsPeople StoriesShmuel Fisher 
 An interesting story about a family research and findings
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Related Links

TitleCategoryView
The Voice of America on KishineffHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 Edited by Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, 1904, Internet Archive
Steven Zipperstein: Rethinking Kishinev: How a Riot Changed 20th-Century Jewish HistoryHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 (added December, 2013), Kishinev

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