Mălăiești, Transnistria

Mălăiești Малаешты (Russian) Малає́шти (Ukrainian)
Commune
Mălăiești
Coordinates: 46°58′53″N 29°32′54″E
Country (de jure)	Moldova
Country (de facto)	Transnistria[a]
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Mălăiești (Moldovan Cyrillic: Мэлэешть, Ukrainian: Малаєшти, romanized: Malayeshty, Russian: Малаешты, romanized: Malayeshty) is one of the larger communes in the Grigoriopol sub-district, in the disputed territory of Transnistria, internationally recognised as part of the Republic of Moldova. Its name is derived from Romanian "mălai", which means "millet or maize flour", with suffix -ești. It is composed of two villages, Cernița (Черниця, Черница) and Mălăiești.[1]

According to the 2004 census, the village's population was 5,364, of which 5,128 (95.6%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 120 (2.23%) Ukrainians and 92 (1.71%) Russians.[2]

Notable natives

• Vladimir Beșleagă, Moldovan writer
• Boris Marian, journalist, from 2001 director of "Moldpres", the official press agency of Moldova
• Mihail Grebencea, Soviet Mathematician, Number Theorist
• Natalia Gavrilița (born 1977), Prime minister of Moldova

Notes

1. Transnistria's political status is disputed. It considers itself to be an independent state, but this is not recognised by any UN member state. The Moldovan government and the international community consider Transnistria a part of Moldova's territory.

References

1. Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
2. The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm

External links

• Moldovan writer Vladimir Beșleagă

(in Romanian)

• ro:Mihail Grebencea (in Romanian)

46°58′57″N 29°33′08″E