Mălăiești (, , ) is one of the larger communes in the Grigoriopol sub-district, in the disputed territory of

Transnistria Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a Landlocked country, landlocked Transnistria conflict#International recognition of Transnistria, breakaway state internationally recogn ...

, internationally recognised as part of the

Republic of Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised ...

. Its name is derived from Romanian "", which means "

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or maize flour", with suffix

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. It is composed of two villages, Cernița (Черниця, Черница) and Mălăiești. 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.The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm

Notable natives

* Vladimir Beșleagă, Moldovan writer * Mihail Grebencea, Soviet Mathematician, Number Theorist * Natalia Gavrilița (born 1977), Prime minister of Moldova

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Moldovan writer Vladimir Beșleagă
* :ro:Mihail Grebencea {{DEFAULTSORT:Malaiesti, Transnistria Communes of Transnistria