Zaim commune in a

Căușeni District Căușeni District (, ) 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 the district is 81,185. ...

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, located 7 km from the district seat

Căușeni Căușeni () is a city in Moldova. It is located in the south-eastern part of the country, in the old Bessarabia region. It is the largest city and administrative center of Căușeni District. Spread across an area of , the town had a population ...

. 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

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History

Zaim is well known in Moldova as the home village of

Alexei Mateevici Alexei (or Alexie) Mateevici (; 27 March 1888 – 24 August 1917) was one of the most prominent Moldovan poets in Bessarabia. Biography He was born in the town Căinari, in Eastern Bessarabia, which was part of the Russian Empire, now in the ...

, a famous

Bessarabia Bessarabia () is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region covering the southern coa ...

n poet and national activist. Mateevici's house is currently a museum. 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

Notable people

Vasile Cijevschi Vasile Gheorghe Cijevschi (; also credited as Cișevschi, Cijevschii, Cijevski, Cijewsky, or Tchizhevsky; October 17, 1880 – July 14, 1931) was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician, administrator and writer. Originally a career officer and Ori ...

Petru Cărare Petru Cărare (13 February 1935 – 27 May 2019) was a writer from Moldova. Petru Cărare was born to Profir Cărare and Nadejda Duca. He was forbidden to publish in the 1970s. He translated works by Ivan Krylov, , Samuil Marshak, Rasul Gamza ...

References

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