Buhuși

BuhuÅŸi
Town
BuhuÅŸi Location of BuhuÅŸi
Coordinates: 46°42′54″N 26°42′15″E / 46.71500°N 26.70417°ECoordinates: 46°42′54″N 26°42′15″E / 46.71500°N 26.70417°E
Country	Romania
County	Bacău County
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Ionel Turcea (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	39.85 km^2 (15.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	14,562
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primariabuhusi.ro/

BuhuÅŸi (Romanian pronunciation: [buˈhuʃʲ]; Yiddish: Bohush) is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,562 (2011). It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "BodeÅŸti" and was a property of an important family of Boyars named "BuhuÅŸ".

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1930	8,655	—
1948	8,198	−5.3%
1956	12,382	+51.0%
1966	15,341	+23.9%
1977	20,148	+31.3%
1992	21,621	+7.3%
2002	21,993	+1.7%
2011	14,562	−33.8%
Source: Census data

The town had the biggest textile factory in south-eastern Europe. But the factory has drastically reduced its capabilities after 1989 and currently employs less than 200 workers. The Runc Monastery (built in 1457), located near BuhuÅŸi, is one of the famous monasteries built by Stephen the Great of Moldavia in Moldavia during the Ottoman Wars in the 15th century.

BuhuÅŸi has five primary schools and one high school, the Ion Borcea Technical College. The town administers two villages, Marginea and Runcu.

Jewish community

Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman, son of Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhyn, founded the Bohush Hasidic dynasty here in the mid-nineteenth century. The dynasty moved to Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1951.^[1]

Notable residents

• Dumitru Dan, geographer, professor of geography and globe-trotter
• Yisrael Friedman, rabbi
• Mihail Roller, communist activist, historian and propagandist

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References

1. Friedman, Yisroel. The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edition, 2000, p. 262.

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