Stănilești is a commune in

Vaslui County Vaslui County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historical region Western Moldavia, with the seat at Vaslui. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 395,499 and the population density was 74/km2. * Romanians - over 98% * Romani ...

Western Moldavia Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the P ...

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. It is composed of seven villages: Bogdana-Voloseni, Budu Cantemir, Chersăcosu, Gura Văii, Pogănești, Săratu and Stănilești. Stănilești was the site of the 1711 Battle of Stănilești between the Russo-Moldavian and the Ottoman armies.

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* * Communes in Vaslui County Localities in Western Moldavia Populated places on the Prut {{Vaslui-geo-stub