Hlinaia is a commune in Edineţ district, Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

. It is composed of a single village, Hlinaia.

History

Hlinaia village is first certified on April 12, 1620, as the "village of Costea Buceac" when given by Gaspar Gratiani, Buceac Costea's possession. In 1664 during Gheorghe Duca

Gheorghe Duca

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, the village is known as the Racovat

Racovăţ

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 border. On 25 December 1772, Russian military administration householders found in village 94, which requires them to pay taxes to the tsar

Russian Empire

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. The same administration in 1774 found only 45 householders here. The village grew not only from natural increase but from migration

Human migration

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. In 1871 it opened a school

School

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 literacy. Construction of new schools begins in 1904 and finish in 1906. In 1922 the villagers are allotted land. The 325 families are allotted with 657 ha of land. The village

Village

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 already has a steam mill

Steam mill

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, primary school, 3 inn

INN

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, gendarmerie

Gendarmerie

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 station and city hall. World War II

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 brought suffering and village. After the social changes

Perestroika

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 of 1989-1991, citizens have become real masters on lots of land. In 1997-2003, the village is part of Edinet County

Edineţ County

Edineț was a county of Moldova from 1998 to 2003. Its population in 2003 was 279,100. Its capital was Edineț.-External links:* , Statoids.com...

, and in 2003 the district lists.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic group Ethnic group An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...	Population	% of total*
Moldovans Moldovans Moldovans or Moldavians are the largest population group of Moldova...  (Romanians Romanians The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania.... )	1,874	97.55%
Ukrainians Ukrainians Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...	28	1.46%
Russians Russians The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....	14	0.73%
Bulgarians Bulgarians The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...	2	0.10%
Others	3	0.16%