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Albota de Sus

Albota de Sus (Bulgarian: Горна Албата) is a commune and village in Taraclia District, Moldova.[2] According to the 2024 Moldovan census the village has 1,304 people, 410 (31.4%) of them being Moldovans, 403 (30.9%) Bulgarians, 312 (23.9%) Gagauz.[3]

Albota de Sus
Горна Албата
Commune
Elijah the Prophet church in Albota de Sus
Elijah the Prophet church in Albota de Sus
Albota de Sus is located in Moldova
Albota de Sus
Albota de Sus
Location of Albota de Sus in Moldova
Coordinates: 45°58′00″N 28°27′36″E / 45.9667°N 28.46°E / 45.9667; 28.46
Country Moldova
District Taraclia District
Government
 • MayorAlexandr Tatarescu
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
1,304
Ethnicity (2024 census)
 • Moldovans31.4%
 • Bulgarians30.9%
 • other37.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateCfb

The commune is composed of the following villages:

History

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Roșița

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Roșița (Bulgarian: Рошица) is the oldest village in the commune. Its first documentation dates back to 1786. Initially the village went under the Tatar name Chukur-Meshe.[4] Locals still use the name Chukur (Russian: Чукур) to refer to their village.[5]

Sofievca

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Sofievca (Bulgarian: Софиевка, German: Sofievka, Sofijewka, Sofieni) was founded by Lutheran Germans in 1892, becoming a part of the Albota parish.[6] The founders were from the colonies of Alt-Posttal (Ukrainian: Ярославове), Berezina (Ukrainian: Соборне, Березине) and Wittenberg (Ukrainian: Прикордонне).[7] By 1939 the village had a population of 866.[8]

Albota de Sus

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Elijah the Prophet church built in 1938, now used as an Orthodox church

Albota de Sus (Bulgarian: Горна Албата, German: Albota, Ober-Albota) was founded as a German Lutheran daughter colony, mostly by Swabians in 1880, though documents as far back as 1872 recorded it on maps.[9] It is thought that the village derives its name from a local Budjak-Tatar tribe, named "Akbota".[10] The parish of Albota was established in 1914 after the completion of the local parochial church, prior to this the surrounding villages belonged to the Taurino parish. The village had around 3,100 hectares of land.[11] In 1935 the village pulled its money together for the construction of a new church. The church was completed in 1938, designed by the architect Oskar Büskel.[4] By 1939 the settlement had a population of around 872 inhabitants.[11]

German colonies belonging to the Albota Lutheran parish: Alexanderfeld, Alexandrowka, Baimaklia, Balaban, Eichendorf, Netusche Weiler, Neu-Dennewitz, Nußtal, Paruschowka, Sofievka, Unter-Albota.[12]

Following the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Soviet forces occupied Bessarabia. In late 1940 a four day evacuation of the Bessarabia Germans, carried out by the Schutzstaffel, took place. A total of 18,894 people from the Albota parish were evacuated, alongside 2,226 wagons and 4,432 horses.[13] The evacuated Bessarabia Germans from Albota parish were resettled in Gau Bayreuth (Bavaria), specifically to Amberg, Bayreuth, Coburg, Fränkische Schweiz, Lichtenfels-Staffelstein and Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz.[14]

The remaining Germans were mostly arrested, executed and deported to Siberia in the periods of 1941 and post 1945, with the people from other parts of Moldova moving into the settlement.[15] Today the village is majority Moldovan and Bulgarian. [16]

Demographics

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According to the 2024 census, 1,304 inhabitants lived in the commune of Albota de Sus, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2014, when 1,944 inhabitants were registered.[17][18]

Ethnic composition of Albota de Sus commune (2024)
Ethnic group Population % Percentage
Moldovans 410 31.4%
Romanians 1 0.1%
Bulgarians 403 30.9%
Gagauz 312 23.9%
Russians 103 7.9%
Ukrainians 60 4.6%
Romani 2 0.2%
Others 13 1.0%
Total 1,304 100%

See also

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References

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  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. 1 2 https://ibn.idsi.md/sites/default/files/imag_file/p-81-85_0.pdf ИСТОРИЯ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И РАЗВИТИЯ КОММУНЫ АЛБОТА ДЕ СУС - Александр Захаров
  5. ↑ "История с. Рошица". Primaria Albota de Sus. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  6. ↑ "Sofijewka, Sofieni". gov.genealogy.net. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  7. ↑ https://www.blackseagr.org/pdfs/konrad/Statistics%20on%20Bessarabian%20Villages%20during%20WW2.pdf Black Sea German Research database - Statistics on Bessarabian Villages during WW2, Allen E. Konrad
  8. ↑ 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. 677. ISBN 978-1-891193-63-7.
  9. ↑ "Albota". gov.genealogy.net. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  10. ↑ Некит, Антонина (2024-07-25). "Коммуна Верхняя Албота отметит 144 года со дня основания. На празднование выделят 8 тыс. леев". TUK.MD (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  11. 1 2 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. 220. ISBN 978-1-891193-63-7.
  12. ↑ 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. pp. 239, 243, 270, 271, 346, 551, 554, 596, 609, 686, 720. ISBN 978-1-891193-63-7.
  13. ↑ https://www.blackseagr.org/pdfs/konrad/Evacuation%20from%20Bessarabia%20and%20Bukovina%20in%201940.pdf Black Sea German Research database - Evacuation from Bessarabia and Bukovina, 1940, Allen Konrad
  14. ↑ https://www.blackseagr.org/pdfs/konrad/Camp-Distribution-Ethnic-German-Resettlers.pdf Black Sea German Research database - Camp Distribution for Ethnic German Resettlers from Bessarabia, Allen E. Konrad
  15. ↑ https://www.blackseagr.org/pdfs/bessarabia-repressed.pdf Black Sea German Research database - List of the Repressed Settlers born in Bessarabia
  16. ↑ "A World War II Tragedy. Albota de Sus, a Bessarabian German Village in Moldova". The Moldovan Diaries. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  17. ↑ "Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor 2024: Caracteristici etnoculturale ale populației". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. (in Romanian)
  18. ↑ "2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. (in Romanian, Russian, and English)


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