Truşeşti, Botoşani
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| Country |  Romania |
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| County | Botoşani County |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
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Truşeşti is a commune in Botoşani County, Romania.
The 5800 villagers who make their homes in the commune of Trusesti, provide interesting insights on how the last few decades has treated the communities of southern County Botosani, and probably the Moldova Region as well.
In addition to the main village of Trusesti with its 2000 villagers, the namesake commune includes the hamlets of Ionaseni (1500 inhabitants), Buhaceni (1100) and Drislea (1100). All of the chemists, doctors and the hospital are in Trusesti, along with the bank, veterinarian and other "town" type amenities.
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[edit] Commune Trusesti
Trusesti as a place-name was first mentioned in historical documents in early 1568, and through the last set of decrees signed by the mad dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in September 1989, the commune of Trusesti was transformed into an urban zone.
However, the post-revolutionary transitional government downplayed all such matters from the communist era, and the locality reverted to it’s more natural state and size as a commune soon after.
The post-revolutionary zeal was so strong at first that it reversed many of the construction projects begun under the dictatorship, including the removal of recent apartment blocks and farm building begun prior to 1989.
“I turned the first sod at all these major construction works, and now I hasten their demise!” declared Ioan Aflacailor, who was the mayor of the town for the 21 years before and the 4 years after the revolution. Two of the buildings were actually built in the years after 1989. Aflacailor was one of few mayors who put forth their point of view as vehemently at the time.
[edit] Pigs, Rabbits and Chickens!
In those days, Trusesti had taken on the guise of a small town and had a pig-raising association with over 60,000 members, an egg farm with a capacity to produce a quarter million eggs daily and a rabbit farm. To all of this was added the now infamous Zatrus sugar refinery, which had a difficult start, and even more so after the revolution, when the much hoped-for investment did not materialise.
[edit] Trusesti and the EU
However, it was the long lead-up to Romania’s EU membership saw hopes rise in Trusesti, with villagers of the commune participating in a referendum to sanction the elevation of Trusesti as a proper town. However, it’s not clear that most of the commune’s residents were correctly informed about the implications of this process. Most had really not realised the process of forming their commune into a town would also involve new taxes and fees for residents, according to the current mayor, Mr. Dumitru Oghisca.
Forced to make rather rapid steps towards the EU, the inhabitants of Commune Trusesti were disoriented. A large part of the blame was with the county administration, which did not communicate well the steps needed. "Those at the county level were constantly asking me what we’d done in the commune for EU integration. But what could we do? We hadn’t even seen a poster in our area, not even a flyer with details on the subject. Many here had heard about the EU, but didn’t really know what it was. I’d say we went into the EU with heads held high but gazing at our feet", said the mayor.
[edit] Things to Do in Trusesti
If you know anything about country villages in Botosani, you're probably on the floor rolling with laughter now at the thought of Trusesti as a cultural tourist town.
Really, for a town this size, they're lucky to have a good bank and train station!
But, like all Romanian rural centres, there is much more culture and interest that might meet the travel-weary eye. The secret of finding your place in a country town like Trusesti is to live like the locals, whilst keeping a firm tourist eye out for the exceptional, interesting, and of course, photo opportunities for the folks back home too!
[edit] The Trusesti Village Museum
EU funding has meant a somewhat unexpected influx of cash for heritage issues and museology, and this funding has even found its way to Trusesti under the EU's PHARE program. The "Heritage from our Elders" program, partnered with the Ştefan Luchian Cultural Fund and a trans-border cooperation project with the Republic of Moldova, saw the establishment of the Trusesti Village Museum in November 2007.
The heritage program has brought some excellent objects of art realised by local masters, from both around the Trusesti commune, as well as County Botosani at large (many objects are on rotation with the main County museum in Botosani). And, to further foster the trans-border friendliness, many of the objects are from craftsmen and traditional artists in County Falesti, just across the Prut river in communist Moldova.
The exhibits were opened by local officials and many of the local artists too, and there is a documentary film on exhibit, along with flyers and brochures.
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