Mărculeşti [Rom], Markuleshty [Rus], Markuleshti [Yid], Markulesty, Markulisti, Mărculeşti-Colonie, Markuleshty-Kolon, Markulesht'-Kolon, Markuleshti-Kolon. 47°52' N, 28°15' E, Jewish agricultural colony. 19 miles S of Soroca (Soroki), 17 miles ENE of Bălţi (Bel'tsy). Jewish population: 1,336 (in 1897), 2,319 (in 1930).
- Markuleshty; Memorial to a Jewish Colony in Bessarabia, Ed. Leib Kuperstein, Meir Kotik Published: Tel Aviv 1977, Markuleshty Society. Translated by Sara Mages, Yizkor Book Project, JewishGen.
- JewishGen Bessarabia SIG
- Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 54: "Markuleshti".
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Romania, Vol. 2 (1980), p. 365: "Mărculeşti-Colonie".
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 793-794: "Marculesti-Colonie".
[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [November 2017]