Sucleia (Moldovan Cyrillic, Russian, and ) is a village in the Slobozia District of Transnistria, part of the internationally-recognised territory of Moldova and part of the autonomous territory Stinga Nistrului.Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) Until 1990, it was part of the Slobodzeya district of the Moldavian SSR. It is a suburb of Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria, and a part of the Tiraspol-Bendery agglomeration.
The village is mentioned in documents as early as 1752. Its name was likely derived from the world , a stone dwelling of the Crimean Tatars. A wooden church was build in the name of Saint Nicholas. It was burned down in 1787 by the Tatars. In 1789, 100 families of Cossack origin settled onto the site of the farm and church that had been burned.
In 1791, the land was partitioned from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire. The following year, Count Alexander Suvorov built Sredinnaya fortress on the left bank, northwest of the village.
The local football side FC Sucleia play in the third tier of Moldovan Football.
Demographics In 1793, there population was 315, in 71 households. By the mid-18th century, the population was 717 people.
According to the 2004 census, the population of the village was 10,001 inhabitants, of which 3,483 (34.82%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 3,054 (30.53%) Ukrainians and 2,868 (28.67%) Russians.The Transnistrian census of 2004 data by nationality at http://pop-stat.mashke.org/pmr-ethnic-loc2004.htm
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