Holercani

Holercani Холеркань (Russian) Голеркань (Ukrainian)
Village
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Holercani Location in Moldova
Coordinates: 47°19′N 29°04′E / 47.317°N 29.067°E / 47.317; 29.067
Country	Moldova
District	Dubăsari District
Government
• Primar	Tanasev Tudor
Elevation	515 ft (157 m)
Population  (2014 census)[1]
• Total	2,271
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	+373 (248)
Vehicle registration	DB
Website	https://holercani.sat.md/

Holercani is a village in Dubăsari District, in the eastern-central part of the Republic of Moldova.^[2]

Distances: 15 km to Dubăsari, 50 km to Chișinău.

It is located on the bank of the biggest river in the country, Dniester (Nistru).

With the construction of the Dubasari dam in 1954, an artificial sea formed which spread over an area of 6,750 ha and has a length of 128 km with an average depth of 7.5 m. The old hearth of the village went under water, the church on the hill once stood on the shore of the reservoir. In the wooded area below Holercani, there is a small spa town with parliamentary villas, a beach, and a boat station.

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First mentioned in a document dated 15 October 1607, Prince Mihail Movilă gifts the princely estate of Horilcani to Dumitrache Chiriță for his loyal service.^[3]

The locality is present on maps from the 15th century. Bowr's map from 1774 notes it as the main settlement on the Dniester, with a place for the deployment of Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish war (1768-1774).^[4]

The 1774 Moldavian census records 26 houses, 3 of which were abandoned. The village belonged to the Monastery of Saint Sava from Iasi. A total of 23 families lived there: 11 birnici (taxpayers) and 12 rufeturi, of whom 10 were Moldovan volunteers in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774, 1 priest and 1 deacon.^[5]

Since the second half of the 19th century, the village of Holercani has been a foreign estate of the Jerusalem Monastery of the Holy Sepulchre.

In 1885, preparations began for the opening of parish schools on the estates of foreign monasteries. Based on statistical data on estates and their populations, lists were compiled of 20 villages, including Holercani, where schools will be built. On 31 January, following a request from the Archbishop of Kishinev and Hotin, the Ober Procuror of the Holy Synod authorised a one-off allocation of 58,000 roubles from the income of foreign monasteries for the establishment of schools in the aforementioned villages, and an annual allocation of 436 roubles for the maintenance of each school. The school building was constructed of stone and insured by the Russian Fire Insurance Society. The school was opened in January 1887, and classes began at the same time. ^[6]The teacher was Anastasia Svetenko, a graduate of the Women's Diocesan School. In 1887, 32 boys attended the parish school.^[7]

In 1904, it was recorded to hold 247 houses with a population of 186, as well as a church dedicated to St. Michael and a Russian elementary school.

As of the 2014 census, the population of the village was 2271. At the 1930 census, the population of the village was 1,819; 1,799 Romanians, 14 Jews (all with Yiddish as native language), 4 Hungarians, 1 German, and 1 Russian. At the time, Holercani was a part of the Plasa Mașcăuți of Orhei County.

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