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of the Cumans had shown remarkable progress. There were (mostly unsuccessful) attempts to deprive them of their privileges. The
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Jews settled in the town in the second half of the 19th century. the community was officially organized in 1898 and joined the
Orthodox stream. A synagogue was built in the city in 1925. In the summer of 1941, Jewish forced laborers were sent from Laiuszmija to the Ukrainian front, where the
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friars were also engaged in converting the reluctant Cumans to
Christianity. As soon as the settlement gained independence, its Catholic church was completed by 1896 and, by 1903 the Calvinist church had also been built. The only remaining ruins of the one-time
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the time of the Magyar conquest was unearthed and scientifically documented. The findings are believed to be "the remains of the warrior Bene and the ornaments of his garment".
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