cave monastery (10th-12th century) The first
human settlements on the territory of the district today appeared in the
Neolithic era (7th-5th millennium BC). Near villages
Solonceni,
Echimăuţi and
Stohnaia and found traces of the existence of territorial and
cultural community of
families of related
tribes. Fertile soil, suitable for cattle breeding and agriculture, water and forests bank, which is a good shelter, were elements that favored flat
settlements in these places.
Dacians inhabited these territories 2nd millennium BC - 5th century AD. 1st century BC Dacian leader
Burebista, unites dacian communities, forming a unitary Dacian state. This state called
Dacia, included the present territory of Rezina district. In the 10th-12th centuries a
monastery was built near
Tipova. The monastery is carved from a giant
limestone rock and includes 18 caves, connected by internal passages. It is one of the most important buildings (
cave monastery) on the banks of the
Nistru river. District towns, with the earliest historical attestation are
Horodiste and
Pecişte documented during 1437–1466. The first evidence of
Rezina, a village
landlord, we find a document of 5 February 1495 that prince of
Stephan the Great, strengthens his Toader, Rezina village where he was Alexa Vataman, at the mouth of Rezina river purchased from his relatives, grandchildren of the great Negrea 70
Tatars zloty. In the 16th-18th centuries, further develop the region's economic, cultural and shows a marked increase in the population. In 1812,
Treaty of Bucharest divides
Basarabia from the
Principality of Moldova, the first being ceded to Russia. In 1918, after the
collapse of the Russian Empire,
Basarabia decide union with the motherland Romania, during this period (1918–1944) district, is part of
Orhei County. Basarabia is again busy this time of the
USSR after the
Molotov–Ribbentrop Treaty. In 1991, as a result of the proclamation of
Independence of Moldova, part of the Soroca County (1991–2003), and in 2003, became administrative unit of Moldova. ==Geography==