Căușeni
Căușeni is a town and the administrative center of Căușeni District, Moldova.
Its population at the 2014 census was 15,939, of which 12,056 Moldovans, 1,119 Romanians, 747 Russians, 545 Ukrainians, 204 Bulgarians, 69 Gagauzians, 12 Gypsies, and 1,187 other/undeclared.History
The 17th century Assumption of Our Lady Church is the oldest surviving building in the town. It is set more than below ground level and preserves the only medieval fresco in the Republic of Moldova. Executed by Walachian painters in a late Byzantine-Romanian style, the interiors feature religious scenes and iconography in vibrant reds, gold, and blues.
At one time it was a vibrant Jewish shtetl. In 1897, 45 percent of the population was Jewish, most working in agriculture.
