First documentary attestations of Mileștii Mici village, Ialoveni district
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. I [XVI], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie Chișinău, 2007
On the basis of the existing documents and archaeological investigations the author argues that the area where Mileștii Mici village is located was populated from the earliest times. The village existed before the mediaeval Moldavian principality was founded - the first attestation of the settlement is dated to 1432. A certain land-owner Mile is mentioned in the documents dated to 1528; the village was named after him, and since 1553 is known as Milești.
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