Musaitu

Musaitu
Мусайту
Village
Musaitu house of culture
Musaitu house of culture
Musaitu is located in Moldova
Musaitu
Musaitu
Location of Musaitu in Moldova
Coordinates: 45°49′N 28°29′E / 45.817°N 28.483°E / 45.817; 28.483
Country Moldova
District Taraclia District
Founded1770
Government
 • MayorZakhariy Fedorovich
Area
 • Total
9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
554
 • Density56.7/km2 (147/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2024 census)
 • Ukrainians59.7%
 • Moldovans17%
 • other6.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateCfb

Musaitu (Bulgarian: Мусайту) is a village in Taraclia District, Moldova. According to the 2024 Moldovan census the village has 554 people, 331 (59.7%) of them being Ukrainians, 94 (17%) Moldovans and 45 (8.1%) Russians. In the village, the Musaitu ravine is located, a geological and paleontological natural monument where fossils have been discovered.

History

Skull of Propotamochoerus provincialis, found in the Musaitu ravine

The village was first mentioned in 1529, initially called Tomot. The modern village was formed by veterans of the Russo-Turkish wars in 1770, each veteran was awarded with 15 decares of land in the village. In 1825 a church was built, located in the northwest corner of the village. By the end of the 19th century, construction of a parish school was completed and was opened in 1890.

On the northwestern part of the village was the German colony of Paruşeni (German: Paruschowka) established in 1921 as a protestant daughter colony part of the Albota evangelical parish with 220 hectares of land. By 1939 the colony had a population of 180.

In 1940 the village had around 1110 inhabitants. During World War II, an underground group of partisans was active in the village; they were part of a central group located in the city of Cahul

References

  1. ↑ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  2. ↑ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) Archived 2019-05-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
  3. ↑ https://statistica.gov.md/en/statistic_indicator_details/60 Final Results of the Population and Housing Census 2024 - Population and Housing Census 2024: Ethno-cultural Characteristics (in Romanian)
  4. ↑ https://ibn.idsi.md/sites/default/files/imag_file/p-145-155.pdf ИСТОРИЯ СЕЛА МУСАИТ - Мороз Людмила
  5. ↑ Mertens, Ulrich (2010). German-Russian handbook : a reference book for Russian German and German Russian history and culture with place listings of former German settlement areas. Germans from Russia Heritage Collection. p. 600. ISBN 978-1-891193-63-7.
  6. ↑ "Paruschowka". gov.genealogy.net. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  7. ↑ "Мусаиту, района Тараклия". www.moldovenii.md. Retrieved 2026-06-04.