Mălăiești (Romanian; Ukrainian: Малаєшти, Malayeshty, Russian: Малаешты, Malayeshty) is one of the larger communes in the Grigoriopol sub-district, in the disputed territory of Transnistria, internationally recognised as part of the Republic of Moldova. Its name is derived from Romanian "mălai", which means "millet or maize flour", with suffix -eşti. It is composed of two villages, Cernița (Черниця, Черница) and Mălăiești.[1]

Mălăiești Малаешты (in Russian) Малає́шти (in Ukrainian)
Commune
Mălăiești
Coordinates: 46°58′53″N 29°32′54″E
Country (de jure)	Moldova
Country (de facto)	Transnistria
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Notable natives

• Vladimir Beșleagă, Moldovan writer
• Boris Marian, journalist, from 2001 director of "Moldpres", the official press agency of Moldova
• Mihail Grebencea, Soviet Mathematician, Number Theorist
• Natalia Gavrilița (born 1977), Prime minister of Moldova

References

External links

• Map
• Moldovan writer Vladimir Beşleagă

(in Romanian)

• ro:Mihail Grebencea (in Romanian)