Alternate Names: Koshany, Kaveshon, Kaushon, Kaushen' [Yiddish, Căuşeni or Căuşeni Noi [Romanian, Moldovan],Каушаны (Kaushany) or Новые Каушаны (Novye Kayshany) [Russian, Causanii, Causanii Noui, N. Kauschanii [German]. 46°39´N x 29°25´. Map of village. Jewish Communities nearby: Zaim (4 miles W); Opachi (6 miles S); Manzyr (11 miles S)., Copanca (11 miles ENE);  Bendery (Tighina) (13 miles N);  Tiraspol( 17 miles NE). A Jewish community definitely existed in the 18th century was Kaushany was the Tatar center in southern Bessarabia. In 1812, Bessarabia became a part of the Russian Empire. By 1817, 53 Jewish families lived there.In 1853, 80 Jewish farmer families were granted landholdings by the state and reclassified as "state farmers." In 1864, Jews were allowed to be classified as townsmen, but a number continued in agricultural occupations, including large cattle and sheep farms since in 1849, two Jewish farmers owned approximately one thousand head of cattle and three thousand sheep and goats. 1930 Jewish population: 1,872 (35.1% of the total population). 1897 Jewish population was 1,675 persons (45% of the total population). [March 2009]

Cemetery: Earliest tombstones date from the 16th century indicate that there may have been Jews living in the place in this period. However, it is certain that there was a Jewish settlement in Kaushany by the beginning of the 18th century, when it was the center of the Tatar rule in southern Bessarabia. [March 2009]