Leova

Leova is also another name for Liuva.

Leova
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Leova Location within Moldova
Coordinates: 46°29′N 28°15′E
Country	Moldova
District	Leova
First attested	13 March 1489
Founded	1495
Government
• Mayor	Vitalie Gargaun, since 10 July 2015
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	7,443
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	MD-6301
Area code	+373 263
Climate	Cfb
Website	http://primarialeova.md/

Leova (Template:Lang-ru) is a city in Moldova, located 92 km southwest of the national capital, Chișinău. It is the administrative center of Leova District. The city is situated on the east bank of the river Prut bordering Romania.

History

In 1930 the Leova city census counted 2,326 Jewish inhabitants, about a third of the entire town population. In June 1940 the region was transferred from Romania to Soviet control as part of the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact between Germany and The Soviet Union. The Soviets quickly started deporting citizens of their newly annexed territories to Siberia, including Zionist leaders and wealthy Jews. In June 1941 some Jews sensed war was coming and fled east to central Asia. Other able bodied men joined the fight against the Germans by enlisting in the Soviet Army. When the Germans occupied the city in June–July, 1941, most captured Jewish men were immediately executed, while women and children were interned in Cahul Camp, a transit camp from which detainees were subject to a forced migration or "death march". The death march began in Leova in September 1941 and ending in Berezovka, Ukraine in early January 1942. Of the 525 people (389 from Leova) interned in Cahul Camp, most died of exposure and hunger along the way, or were executed when they were too weak to continue the journey or couldn't keep up. Only two young girls are known to have survived the Journey from Leova to Berezovka.

Population

Ethnic structure

The ethnic structure of the city according to the 2004 census:

Ethnic group	Population	%
Moldavians Romanians	8,435 150	84.12% 1.50%
Russians	629	6.27%
Bulgarians	349	3.48%
Ukrainians	278	2.77%
Gagauzians	99	0.99%
Gypsies	28	0.28%
Others	63
Total	10,027	100%

Media

• Cuvântul Liber

Notable people

• Rabbi Dov Ber Friedman (1822–1876)
• Idel Ianchelevici (1909–1994)
• Ion Aldea Teodorovici (1954–1992)
• Victor Toma (1922–2008)
• Ana Cassian (b. 1992)

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Moldova

Twin towns — Sister cities

Leova is twinned with:

• Vetrișoaia, Romania

External links

• Official website