Hîrjău

Commune in Transnistria, Moldova

Hîrjău Ержово (Russian) Єржово (Ukrainian)
Commune

47°48′13″N 29°0′24″E / 47.80361°N 29.00667°E / 47.80361; 29.00667
Country (de jure)	Moldova
Country (de facto)	Transnistria^[a]
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Hîrjău (Moldovan Cyrillic: Хыржэу, Russian: Ержо́во, romanized: Yerzhóvo, Ukrainian: Єржово, romanized: Yerzhovo, Polish: Erżewa) is a commune in the Rîbnița District of Pridnestrovie, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Hîrjău, Mihailovca Nouă (Нова Михайлівка, Новая Михайловка) and Sărăței (Сарацея).^[1] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

History

Erżewa or Erżów (alike Saraceja), as it was known in Polish,^[2] was a private village of the Lubomirski family, administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.^[3] Following the Second Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Russia. In the late 19th century, it had a population of 684.^[2]

In 1924, it became part of the Moldavian Autonomous Oblast, which was soon converted into the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940 during World War II. From 1941 to 1944, it was administered by Romania as part of the Transnistria Governorate.

Notes

^ Transnistria's political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.

References

^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
^ ^a ^b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 357.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Krykun, Mykola (2012). Воєводства Правобережної України у XVI-XVIII століттях: Статті і матеріали (in Ukrainian and Polish). pp. 530–531. ISBN 978-617-607-240-9.