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Bessarabia facts for kids
Bessarabia is the word for the area in Eastern Europe between Romania and Ukraine. Is bordered by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west. It was a part of Romania most of the first half of the 20th century. The Soviet Union occupied the region after 1944. Today, most areas of Bessarabia belong to the Republic of Moldova.
Images for kids
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Map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clark's book
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Map of Bessarabia within Moldavia through time
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During the Wallachian rule of Southern Bessarabia, it acquired its name. (1390 map)
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Most of Bessarabia was for centuries part of the principality of Moldavia. (1800 map, Moldavia in dark orange)
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Akkerman fortress in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine) was one of the many important castles in Basarabia.
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The Moldavian (later Romanian) - Russian boundary between 1856/1857 and 1878
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Declaration of unification of Romania and Bessarabia
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Bessarabia was part of Greater Romania between 1918 and 1940
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Administrative map of the Governorate of Bessarabia in February 1942.
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Ethnic map of the Kingdom of Romania in 1930
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Ethnic composition of the Romanian Governorate of Bessarabia in 1941
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Ethnic map of Romania (including Transnistria) in 1941
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Moldavian SSR (in red) as part of the Soviet Union (pink)
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Ethnic map of Bessarabia in 1930