Stephen III of Moldavia
The locality was founded as a village on December 14, 1458. In 1952, the communist authorities decided to build a large petrochemical industrial platform and a new related city in the area of Onești and Borzești villages. Borzești, according to legend, was the birthplace of Stephen III of Moldavia. It is the site of the Borzești Church, which was built on his orders in 1493–1494.