Hînceşti is a city in 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...

, also written without diacritics as "Hincesti" or "Hancesti" (Cyrillic: Хынчешть).

Hînceşti is situated on the Cogalnic River

Cogalnic River

The Cogalnic River is a 183 km river in Moldova and south-western Ukraine.The Cogalnic rises in the hills of Nisporeni District in the Codri region west of the Moldovan capital, Chişinău...

, 33 km (21 mi) southwest of the Moldovan capital, Chişinău

Chisinau

Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...

. Since 2003 it has been the seat of Raionul Hînceşti

Raionul Hîncesti

Hîncești is a district of Moldova, with the administrative center at Hîncești. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 122,000.-History:The district has been inhabited since the Stone Age . On the territory of present localities Rusca and Anina were discovered, many cemeteries settlements...

 (Hînceşti District).

History

Hînceşti was established in 1500 AD as Dobreni.
Within the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

 it was known under the Russified name Gincheshty (Гинчешты), but in Romanian Hînceşti. In 1940 the name was changed to Kotovskoe after Grigore Kotovski

Grigore Kotovski

Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky was a Soviet military leader and Communist activist.Kotovsky was born in Bessarabia, the son of a mechanical engineer. His father was of Polish ethnicity and his mother was an ethnic Russian. Kotovskt attended agricultural college and worked as an estate manager....

, 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.

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

Lyceum

The lyceum is a category of educational institution defined within the education system of many countries, mainly in Europe. The definition varies between countries; usually it is a type of secondary school.-History:...

 (junior colleges) in Hînceşti:

• Mihai Viteazul Lyceum
• M. Lomonosov Lyceum
• Mihai Sadoveanu Lyceum
• M. Eminescu Lyceum

Notable 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
  Grigore Kotovski
  Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky was a Soviet military leader and Communist activist.Kotovsky was born in Bessarabia, the son of a mechanical engineer. His father was of Polish ethnicity and his mother was an ethnic Russian. Kotovskt attended agricultural college and worked as an estate manager....
  
   (1881-1925), Soviet military leader and Communist activist.
• Yankl Yankelevich (1905-1938), Jewish poet who wrote in Yiddish

Twin towns — Sister cities

Drochia is twinned

Town twinning

Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...

 with: Ploiesti

Ploiesti

Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

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External anchors

• Orașul HÎNCEȘTI - Portalul orașului Hîncești.
• Asociația de Tineret - Asociația de Tineret „Pro Hîncești”