Southern Bessarabia
Part of Bessarabia returned to Moldavia from 1856 to 1878
| Southern Bessarabia Basarabia de Sud | |||||||||
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| Territory of Moldavia (1856–1859), United Principalities/Romanian United Principalities/Romania (1859–1878) | |||||||||
| 1856–1878 | |||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||
• 1859[1] | 8,694 km2 (3,357 sq mi) | ||||||||
• 1878[1] | 8,694 km2 (3,357 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1859[2] | 138,521 | ||||||||
• 1878[2] | 163,000 | ||||||||
| • Type | Civil administration | ||||||||
| Historical era | 19th century | ||||||||
• Treaty of Paris (1856) | 30 March 1856 | ||||||||
• Union of Moldavia and Wallachia (United Principalities) | 24 January 1859 (O.S.) (5 February N.S.) | ||||||||
• Treaty of Berlin (1878) | 13 July 1878 | ||||||||
• Russian takeover | 13–18 October 1878 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Counties
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| Today part of |  Moldova Ukraine | ||||||||
Southern Bessarabia or South Bessarabia is a territory of Bessarabia which, as a result of the Crimean War, was returned to the Moldavian Principality in 1856. As a result of the unification of the latter with Wallachia, these lands became part of United Principalities of Moldova and Wallachia.
In 1878, despite opposition from Romania, the Berlin Treaty, which followed the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), transferred this region back to the Russian Empire (which reintegrated it into the Bessarabia Governorate).
The transfer of the territory took place in October 1878. From 13 to 18 October, Russia took over Southern Bessarabia while the Romanian officials withdrew.[3] In 1918 Southern Bessarabia yet again became part of the Kingdom of Romania (under the informal name of Bugeac) for the following 22 years (1918-1940) respectively between June 1941 and 1944.
Administrative divisions
The area of the region was 8,694 km2 (3,357 sq mi) and covered 3 counties:
Gallery
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Counties of Romania, 1864–1878 (including the 3 counties Cahul, Bolgrad and Ismail)
See also
- Budjak
- Romanian War of Independence
- Administrative divisions of Moldavia
- Administrative divisions of Romania
References
- ^ a b Anuarul Statistic al României 1937 si 1938 [Romanian Statistical Yearbook]. Bucharest: INSSE. 1939. p. 41.
- ^ a b Colescu, Leonida (1944). Analiza Rezultatelor Recensământului General al Populației României dela 1899 [Analysis of the Results of the General Census of the Romanian Population from 1899]. Bucharest: INSSE. pp. 29–32.
- ^ Frederick Kellogg, Purdue University Press, 1995, The Road to Romanian Independence, p. 191
- Ion Nistor, Istoria Basarabiei, edit. Humanitas, București, 1991
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- Southern Dobruja (1913–16; 1919–40)d
(1859–)b- Bessarabiae (1918–40; 1941–44)
- Budjak (1918–40; 1941–44)
- Bukovina (Southern Bukovina (1918–)f; Northern Bukovina (1918–40; 1941–44)f)
- Hertsa (1859–1940; 1941–44)b
- Western Moldavia
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(1859–)b- aDe jure since 1920
- bDe jure since 1862
- cDe jure ceded to Bulgaria and the Central Powers (except for the Danube Delta) between May 1918 and November 1919
- dDe jure ceded to Bulgaria between May 1918 and November 1919
- eSouthern Bessarabia in Romania (1859–78)
- fDe jure since 1919
- gNorthern Transylvania in Hungary (1940–44)
- hOnly the eastern part
- iOnly the southern part
- jTransylvania proper
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