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Bârlad (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city in Vaslui County, Romania.It lies on the banks of the river Bârlad, which waters the high plains of Western Moldavia.. At Bârlad the railway from Iași diverges, one branch skirting the river Siret, the other skirting the Prut; both reunite at Galați.
The Bârlad is a river in eastern Romania, a left tributary of the river Siret. [1] [2] Its total length is 207 km (129 mi), and its drainage basin area is 7,220 km 2 (2,790 sq mi).
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The capital of the region was Bârlad, and its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Vaslui County.After the 1952 reorganisation, the region merged with Putna Region, keeping its name and losing raions Vaslui and Huși to Iași Region; raion Fălciu changed name and capital to Murgeni.
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Bârlad Plateau (Romanian: Podișului Bârladului) is a geographic area in eastern Romania.It is the south central part of the Moldavian Plateau.Although occasionally has heights over 500 m (1,600 ft), it is generally sloped from north at 400 m (1,300 ft) to the south at 200 m (660 ft).
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The suffering of the local Jews increased during the period of Iron Guard rule over Romania (National Legionary State).In November 1940, all Jewish men were captured for forced labor; shortly thereafter, the academics among them were released as a result of protests by Romanian academics, who threatened that they too would come to work with their Jewish colleagues. [2]