Musaitu (Bulgarian: Мусайту) is a village in Taraclia District, Moldova.Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) 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.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) In the village, the Musaitu ravine is located, a geological and paleontological natural monument where fossils have been discovered.
History
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.https://ibn.idsi.md/sites/default/files/imag_file/p-145-155.pdf ИСТОРИЯ СЕЛА МУСАИТ - Мороз Людмила
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
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