Bessarabia

E155183
historical region

Bessarabia is a historical region in Eastern Europe located between the Prut and Dniester rivers, much of which corresponds to present-day Moldova.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Bessarabia canonical 32
Bessarabia Governorate 6
Moldavia 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Dniester ⓘ
surface form: Dniester River

Prut River ⓘ
capitalDuringRussianEmpirePeriod Chișinău ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
ethnicGroupHistoricallyPresent Bulgarians ⓘ
Gagauz ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Moldovans ⓘ
Romanians ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
Ukrainians ⓘ
formerSubdivisionOf Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
hasSubregion Budjak ⓘ
Bessarabia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Bessarabia

Bessarabia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Bessarabia

Bessarabia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Bessarabia
historicalEvent Soviet occupation in 1940 ⓘ
annexation by Russian Empire in 1812 ⓘ
division between Moldavian SSR and Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
union with Romania in 1918 ⓘ
historicalNameLanguage Romanian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Moldova ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Gagauz ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
locatedBetween Dniester ⓘ
surface form: Dniester River

Prut River ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Europe ⓘ
majorCity Bender ⓘ
Bălți ⓘ
Cahul District ⓘ
surface form: Cahul

Chișinău ⓘ
Soroca ⓘ
partlyCorrespondsTo Moldova ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Moldova
partlyLocatedInPresentDay Moldova ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moldova → historicalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1856) → cededTerritoryTo → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moldavia
Treaty of Paris (1856) → affectedRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Dniester → historicalRegionAlong → Bessarabia ⓘ
Meir Dizengoff → placeOfBirth → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bessarabia Governorate
Gagauz → historicalRegionOfSettlement → Bessarabia ⓘ
Bastarnae → associatedWithRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dniester River region
Kherson Governorate → borderedBy → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bessarabia Governorate
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon → birthPlace → Bessarabia ⓘ
subject surface form: Yehuda Leib Maimon
this entity surface form: Bessarabia Governorate
Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union → partOf → Bessarabia ⓘ
Kingdom of Romania → includedTerritory → Bessarabia ⓘ
Treaty of Adrianople (1829) → placedUnderRussianProtection → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moldavia
Bender, Ottoman Empire → locatedIn → Bessarabia ⓘ
Bessarabia → hasSubregion → Bessarabia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Bessarabia
Bessarabia → hasSubregion → Bessarabia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Bessarabia
Bessarabia → hasSubregion → Bessarabia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Bessarabia
Great Union of 1918 → territoryUnified → Bessarabia ⓘ
Tiraspol → historicalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Moldovans in Ukraine → traditionalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Mikhail Vorontsov → sphereOfInfluence → Bessarabia ⓘ
Dubăsari → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Chernivtsi Oblast → containsPartOf → Bessarabia ⓘ
Alexey Shchusev → placeOfBirth → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bessarabia Governorate
Greater Romania → includesTerritory → Bessarabia ⓘ
Greater Romania → lostTerritory → Bessarabia ⓘ
Leova District → locatedInRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Cahul District → locatedIn → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bessarabia region (historical)
Leova → historicalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina → location → Bessarabia ⓘ
Romania and Moldova → shareHistoricalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Romania and Ukraine → shareHistoricalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Axis advance into Bessarabia and northern Black Sea region → location → Bessarabia ⓘ
Giurgiulești → region → Bessarabia ⓘ
Pale of Settlement → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Bessarabia ⓘ
Mărculești → historicalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Mărculești → wasPartOf → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bessarabia Governorate
Communist Party of Moldavia → historicalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Eastern Romania → includesHistoricalRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bessarabia (Romanian historical region)
Western Moldavia → borders → Bessarabia ⓘ
Lewis Milestone → birthPlace → Bessarabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bessarabia Governorate
Soviet Western strategic direction defenses → regionCovered → Bessarabia ⓘ
Vorontsov family → governedRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Bolhrad Raion → partOf → Bessarabia ⓘ
Bolhrad High School → locatedInHistoricRegion → Bessarabia ⓘ
Lake Yalpuh → region → Bessarabia ⓘ
Principality of Moldavia → lostTerritory → Bessarabia ⓘ