- Hînceşti
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leader_name =Alexandru Botnari, re-elected in 2007
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footnotes =Hînceşti is a town in
Moldova , also written without diacritics as "Hincesti" or "Hancesti" (Cyrillic: Хынчешть).Hînceşti is situated on the
Cogalnic River , convert|33|km|mi|0|abbr=on southwest of the Moldovan capital,Chişinău . Since 2003 it has been the seat ofRaionul Hînceşti (Hînceşti District ).History
Hînceşti was established in 1500 AD as Dobreni. [Not to be confused with Dobreni, Romania (Latitude: 44° 25' 0 N, Longitude: 25° 7' 0 E).] [ [http://www.cnaa.acad.md/files/theses/2006/5338/viorel_miron_thesis.pdf Viorel, Miron (2006) "Managementul resurselor turistice în mediul rural din Republica Moldova" p. 99] , doctorial thesis, Economics Department, Universitatea Agrarǎ de Stat din Moldova, Chişinău, in Romanian] Within the
Russian Empire it was known under theRussified name Gincheshty (Гинчешты), but in Romanian Hînceşti. In 1940 the name was changed to Kotovskoe afterGrigore Kotovski , who was born there. But from 1941 to 1944 it was again known as Hînceşti. From 1945 to 1965 it was called Kotovskoe, which in 1965 was changed to Kotovsk. Since 1990 it is again called Hînceşti.Hînceşti was the home of Saint Parminu.Fact|date=March 2008
Demographics
In 1890 Hînceşti had 3,098 people. By 1970 the population was 14.3 thousand, and by 1991, 19.3 thousand. As of 2006 census it had 19.5 thousand residents.
Education
There are four
Lyceum (junior colleges) in Hînceşti:
* Mikhail Viteazul Lyceum
* M. Lomonosov Lyceum
* Mihail Sadoveanu Lyceum
* M. Eminescu LyceumNotable citizens
* Leonid Abramovich Anulov (1897-1974), a Soviet intelligence officer, organizer of clandestine intelligence networks (the so-called "Red Orchestra") in Switzerland.
* Grigory Ivanovich Kotowski (1881-1925), Soviet military leader and Communist activist.
* Yankl Yankelevich (1905-1938), Jewish poet who wrote in YiddishNotes
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