Soroca district prefecture and its subordinated preturas and town halls

Files of the Administrative Division: correspondence with Bessarabian Directorate of internal affairs regarding administrative separation of the district; information regarding number of population in the villages of the district; inquires on the complains of the villagers of Atachi of being beaten by the gendarmes; instruction of the ministry of Internal Affairs of Romanian regarding the fight with speculation; the list of lawyers from Bessarabia; correspondence with preturas and primarias of the district regarding the work of praying houses, churches, and synagogues; lists of the visitors of Soroca synagogues; the files of surveillance of the activity of Jewish society “Ezras‐Hoylim” from Soroca; the lists of the administration of the society; list of villages and information regarding number of population; correspondence with preturas and primarias of the district regarding the problem of [religious] cults; files related to rendering permission to the district’s locals to open mills; correspondence with preturas and primarias about the problem of [religious] cults; documents about giving permission to leave the country to the inhabitants of Briceva village Abram and Bliuma Bronstein; documents about giving permission to leave the country to the inhabitant of Vadul‐Rașcov village Ruhlea Tarnoruder‐Dobruș; files on offering permission to the inhabitants of the district to undertake commercial activities and open industrial units; files on offering permission to the inhabitants of the district to undertake commercial activities and open industrial units; files on offering permission to the inhabitants of the district to open private cinemas and to show movies; the files of the inquire of the inhabitant of Soroca, Petru Moiseenko, to be offered the permission to exit the country According to the 1918 act of union of Bessarabia with Romania, there were introduced changes in the territorial-administrative division of the territory between Prut and Dniester rivers. The territory of Bessarabia was divided into counties, which were divided into several districts. The lower administrative unit was a commune, which united several localities. At the head of each district, there were the prefects. District prefectures managed political, administrative, and economic life of the district. The prefectures had several district councils (apart from various departments) which consisted of five committees: a control and administrative committee, a financial committee, an economic committee, a committee of cults and education, a committee of sanitation, a committee of public works (of construction). Administration of the subordinated preturas was headed by a sub-prefect with its own staff of officials - a sub-prefecture. In 1925, the post of sub-prefect was abolished and the post of praetor was introduced. Management of the subordinated preturas has become known as a pretura. The Pretura did not have any structural subdivisions, nor did it use the right of a legal entity. All of these bodies ceased to exist in Bessarabia in 1940, but were returned in 1941-44. In 1941-44 Romania also included territory between the rivers Bug and Dniester. The territory of the left bank of the Dniester river was divided into 3 districts: Dubasari, Ribnita, and Tiraspol. Documents of archival funds of prefectures, subordinated preturas and city halls are not fully preserved. Îndrumătorul Arhivei Naţionale a Republicii Moldova (partea II-a, 1918 – începutul secolului XXI, ediţia a II-a, revăzută şi completată). Chişinău, 2012: 49 No restrictions on access Restrictions on use. Fair use only. Use only for scientific purposes (not for commercial use)