Zaim commune in a
Căușeni District
Căușeni District ( ro, Raionul Căușeni, ) is a district in the central part of Moldova, with the administrative center at Căușeni. The other major city in the district is Căinari. According to the 2014 Moldovan Census, the population of th ...
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Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...
, located 7 km from the district seat
Căușeni. It is composed of three villages: Marianca de Sus, Zaim and Zaim station.
Demographics
As of the
2014 Moldovan Census, it had a population of 4,281, of whom 3,807 are
Moldovans
Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians ( ro, moldoveni , Moldovan Cyrillic: молдовень), are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and the largest ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova (75.1% of the population as of 2014) and a sign ...
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Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...
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Russians
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Ukrainians
Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...
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Romanian
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**Romanian language, a Romance language
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History
Zaim is well known in Moldova as the home village of
Alexei Mateevici, a famous
Bessarabian poet and national activist. Mateevici's house is currently a museum.
[http://www.natura2000oltenita-chiciu.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Moldova-Pitoreasca-Picturesque-Moldavia-pdf-Vladimir-Toncea.pdf ] In Zaim there is also a ''Museum of the Spirit of Southern Moldova'', that includes exhibits of a number of artists and writers with origins in southern
Bessarabia.
Notable people
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Alexei Mateevici
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Vasile Cijevschi
Vasile Cijevschi (also credited as Cijevschii, Cijevski or Tchizhevsky; October 17, 1881 – July 14, 1931) Mihai Tașcă in '' Timpul'', April 10, 2010 was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician, administrator and writer. Originally a career offic ...
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Petru Cărare
References
Communes of Căușeni District
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