Southern Bessarabia

Southern Bessarabia - area which as a result of the Crimean War was transferred to Moldavian Principality in 1856. As a result of the unification of the latter with Wallachia, these lands became part of vassal Romania. The Berlin Treaty of 1878 returned this region to the Russian Empire.

References

  • Ion Nistor, Istoria Basarabiei, edit. Humanitas, BucureČ™ti, 1991


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