Mălăiești, Transnistria

Commune in Transnistria, Moldova

Mălăiești 46°58′53″N 29°32′54″E / 46.98139°N 29.54833°E / 46.98139; 29.54833
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 -eşti. It is composed of two villages, Cernița (Черниця, Черница) and Mălăiești.^[1]

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

^ 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.