Theme Week Moldova – Soroca
Wednesday, 28 October 2020 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union Category/Kategorie: General
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Soroca is a city and municipality in
Moldova , situated on the
Dniester river about 160 km north of
Chișinău . It is the administrative center of the
Soroca District . Soroca had an estimated 37,500 inhabitants. The city has a sizable
Romani (Gypsy) minority and is popularly known as the “Romani capital of Moldova.”
The locality was greatly extended in the 19th century, during a period of relative prosperity. Soroca became a regional center featuring large squares, modernized streets, hospitals, grammar schools and conventionalized churches. In the Soviet period, the city became an important industrial center for northern Moldova. Soroca was known for producing grapes , wheat , maize , and tobacco in 1919.
Soroca and Dnister river from Thanksgiving Candle © Visem/cc-by-sa-4.0
The city has its origin in the medieval
Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona. It is known for its well-preserved stronghold, established by the
Moldavian prince Stephen the Great (
Ştefan cel Mare in
Romanian ) in 1499. The origins of the name Soroca are not fully known. Its location is only a few kilometers from the Moldova-Ukrainian
border.
The original wooden fort, which defended a ford over the Dniester, was an important link in the chain of fortifications which comprised four forts (e.g.
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi , then known as Akkerman, and
Khotyn ) on the Dniester, two forts on the Danube and three forts on the north border of medieval Moldova. Between 1543 and 1546 under the rule of
Peter IV Rareș , the fort was rebuilt in stone as a perfect circle with five bastions situated at equal distances.
During the
Great Turkish War ,
John III Sobieski ‘s forces successfully defended the fort against the Ottomans. It was of vital military importance during the
Pruth River Campaign of
Peter the Great in 1711. The stronghold was sacked by the Russians in the
Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) . The
Soroca Fort is an important attraction in Soroca, having preserved cultures and kept the old Soroca in the present day.
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