Bessarabia - Bessarabia Bessarabia is a former region of Eastern Europe comprising most of current-day Moldova and districts of Ukraine. It is bounded by the Dniestr river to the north and east, the Prut to the west and the lower Danube river and the Black Sea to the south. The region's main cities are Chişinău, the capital of Moldova, Tiraspol, Izmayil and Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'ki. The name Bessarabia (in Romanian, Basarabia) is probably derived from the Wallachian family of Basarab, once rulers over part of the area. Greek settlers established colonies in the region in the 7th century BCE. Bessarabia was part of the Dacian kingdoms ruled by Burebista in 1st century BC and by Decebalus in the 1st century AD. After the Roman Empire conquered a part of Dacia,.
Karadjordje - spring of 1809 he started successful offensive toward Montenegro but he had to return because of Turkish penetration from Niš toward Danube. Endangered by Napoleon, in 1812 Russia had to settle peace with Turkey. Serbs then stayed alone and open to Turkish revenge. In 1813 Turks attacked Serbia from three sides; in hardest moment Karadjordje got ill and, weak from disease, he left Serbia on September 21st 1813 and crossed to Austria and, after some time, to Bessarabia, where he connected with secret Greek society Heteria, which was planning for liberation of all Christians from Turks. Helped by members of Heteria, Karadjordje went with fake passport to Serbia and stepped on Serbian soil on June 28th 1817. Frightened by Karadjordje's coming, both for himself and for Serbia, which could perish again.
Kingdom of Romania - under a single prince to a full-fledged kingdom with a Hohenzollern monarchy. After the defeat of the great empires of Central and Eastern Europe in World War I, "Greater Romania" added Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina. However, "Greater Romania" was not to survive World War II. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Unification and monarchy 1.1 Timeline 2 The interbellum years 2.2 Timeline Unification and monarchy The 1859 ascendancy of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Moldavia and Wallachia under the nominal suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire united an identifiably Romanian nation under a single ruler. In 1862 the two principalities were formally united to form Romania, with Bucharest as its capital. On February 23, 1866 a so-called Monstrous coalition, composed of Conservatives and radical Liberals, forced Cuza to abdicate. The German.
June 28 - holiday. 1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophia are killed by a Serbian nationalist, the casus belli of World War I. 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I. 1936 - The puppet state of Mengjiang is formed, with Demchugdongrub as the head. 1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union. 1950 - Seoul captured by troops from North Korea. 1960 - US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised. 1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem. 1978 - The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 438 US 265 1978, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities. 1990 - Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam.
Ion Antonescu - USSR. As for Antonescu's policy towards the Jews, he saved about 400,000 Jews from the fate of Hungarian Jews; 90% of all Hungarian Jews where killed. Since he did not agree with Hitler's racist doctrines about the "master race" and his anti-semitism was largely fueled by economical nationalism, thus his policy toward them differed by region, making a distinction between the Jews in the Old Kingdom (pre-WWI Romania) and the Jews from Bessarabia. While in the Old Kingdom there were only sporadic acts of violence (the biggest being the pogrom in Iasi, where a few hundred Jews were killed by German and Romanian troups), in 1941, following the advancing Romanian Army and attacks by Jewish Resistence groups, Antonescu ordered "the deportation of all Jews" (between 80,000 and 150,000) from Bessarabia and.
Vlachs - is German and was used by Slavic neighbours to Romanic people during Völkerwanderung. For example Italy in Polish is called Włochy. In English, Wallachia is the name given to a part of their original territory. Romanians (also known as Daco-Romanians, speaking Romanian language) are living in Romania - 20.5 millions Moldova - 2.8 millions and as a minority in Ukraine - 500,000; in Southern Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina Serbia - 70,000; in Serbian Banat Bulgaria - 20,000 Hungary - 11,000 Slovakia - 9,000 Aromanians (speaking Macedoromanian language) are living as a minority in Northern Greece - between 700,000 and 1,200,000; mainly in the Pindus Mountains Note: the Greek government does not recognise any ethnic divisions, so there are no exact statistics. See Demographics of Greece. Serbia - between 100,000 and 600,000;.
Heinkel He 112 - After teaching himself to fly the plane and managing to get into the air, he found the train parked at the station in Seseña and attacked it. On his third pass one of the 20mm shells punctured the ammunition car and the entire train exploded. Then on the way back to Almorox he came across an armored car and set it on fire. His exploit in the V6 made him famous, and Balthasar found himself in command of the newly formed combat group with the V6 and three He 45C recon planes. Over the next few months the V6 was flown by a number of pilots, and on the 6th of July Unteroffizier Max Schulze knocked out an additional number of armored cars. On the 19th of July Schulze was once.
History of Moldova - army of Boyars and retainers fought of invasions from the Turks, the Polish and the Tatars. Stefan fought 36 major battles and only lost 2. At the end of his reign, Moldovian independence was secured and no more Moldovian gold went to turkish hands as tribute. Moldova then experienced a "slump." Weak kings let incompitent boyars rule the state and not pay taxes, bankrupting the state. Moldova succumbed to Ottoman power in 1512 and was a tributary state of the empire for the next 300 years. In addition to paying tribute to the Ottoman Empire and later acceding to the selection of local rulers by Ottoman authorities, Moldova suffered repeated invasions by Turks, Crimean Tatars, and Russian In 1792 the Treaty of Iasi forced the Ottoman Empire to cede all of.
History of Romania - By 1541, the entire Balkan peninsula and most of Hungary became Turkish provinces. Moldavia, Wallachia, and Transylvania remained autonomous, under Ottoman suzerainty. The Hungarian conquest of Transylvania took about two centuries. In the 11th century, Transylvania became a largely autonomous part of the Hungarian kingdom, and began to be colonized by Hungarians (locally and more specifically 'Szeckelies') and also by an invited German element, although they never outnumbered the Romanian element. In the year 1600, the three Romanian principalties were briefly unified by Wallachian prince Mihai Viteazul, but the unity dissolved after Mihai was killed, only one year later, by the soldiers of an Austrian army officer. At the end of the 17th century Hungary and Transylvania become part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, following the defeat of the Turks. The Austrians,.
Gagauzia - ethnic Gagauz. Comrat is the largest city, with over 40 percent of the region's total population (approx. 75,000). Key points in Gagauz history 1812 The Gagauz settled in southern Bessarabia after Russian´s annexation of Bessarabia. 1856 Territorial changes in the region put Gagauzia under Moldovan/Romanian administration. W.W.II The territory of Gagauzia was divided between the Moldovian SSR and the Ukraine. 1980 The Gagauz campaign for self-determination began. 1989 A Law on Languages was enacted in Moldova, which was perceived as discriminatory by the Gagauz. 1990 An independent Republic of Gagauzia was proclaimed in several southern districts of Moldovo. 1994 The status of Region of Gagauzia was recognised as an autonomous region within Moldovo. Gaguzia became member of the UNPO. 1995 The elections for the National Assembly of the Region of Gagauzia.
Geography of Moldova - The Nistru (Dnister, in Ukrainian; Dnestr in Russian) forms a small part of Moldova's border with Ukraine in the northeast, but it mainly flows through the eastern part of the country, separating Bessarabia and Transnistria. The Prut River forms Moldova's entire western boundary with Romania. It is the second-smallest of the former Soviet republics and the most densely populated. Moldova's economy resembles those of the Central Asian republics, rather than those of the other states on the western edge of the former Soviet Union. Location: Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania Geographic coordinates: 47 00 N, 29 00 E Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States Area: total: 33,843 sq km land: 33,371 sq km water: 472 sq km Area - comparative: slightly larger than Maryland Land boundaries: total: 1,389 km border countries:.
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon - duty compelled him to take a far more laborious and uncongenial appointment. The desire of the cabinet was to abolish the lord-lieutenancy of Ireland, and Lord Clarendon was prevailed upon to accept that office, with a view to transform it ere long into an Irish secretaryship of state. But he had not been many months in Dublin before he acknowledged that the difficulties then existing in Ireland could only be met by the most vigilant and energetic authority, exercised on the spot. The crisis was one of extraordinary peril. Agrarian crimes of horrible atrocity had increased threefold. The Catholic clergy were openly disaffected. This was the second year of the Irish famine, and extraordinary measures were required to regulate the bounty of the government and the nation. In 1848 the revolution.
Greater Romania - Second World War. Greater Romania included all of present-day Romania, plus Bessarabia and Bukovina, which compose most of present-day Moldova, and the small piece of present-day Bulgaria known as the Kadrilater or Quadrilateral. See also: History of Romania România Mare is also the name of a political party. See Greater Romania Party..
December 1 - December 1st, 1885 as the first day Dr Pepper was served. 1913 - Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing chassis assembly time from 12 1/2 hours in October to 2 hours, 40 minutes (although Ford was not the first to use an assembly line, his successful adoption of one did spark an era of mass production). 1918 - Iceland becomes a self-governing kingdom, yet remains united with Denmark. 1918 - Transylvania unites with Romania, following the March 27 incorporation of Bessarabia and Bucovina. 1918 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. 1919 - Lady Astor becomes first female member of the British Parliament to take her seat (she had been elected to that position on November 28)..
Demographics of Moldova - leading services. But many believers continued to practice their faith in secret. In 1991 Moldova had 853 Orthodox churches and eleven Orthodox monasteries (four for monks and seven for nuns). In addition, the Old Russian Orthodox Church (Old Believers--see Glossary) had fourteen churches and one monastery in Moldova. Before Soviet power was established in Moldova, the vast majority of ethnic Romanians belonged to the Romanian Orthodox Church (Bucharest Patriarchate), but today the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) has jurisdiction in Moldova. Russian, Romanian, and Turkic (Gagauz) liturgies are used in the church. After the recent revival of religious activity, most of the clergy and the faithful wanted to return to the Bucharest Patriarchate but were prevented from doing so. Because higher-level church authorities were unable to resolve the matter, Moldova now.
Demographics of Romania - Transylvania and the Banat, areas in the north and west, which belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire until World War I. Even before union with Romania, ethnic Romanians comprised the overall majority in Transylvania. However, ethnic Hungarians and Germans were the dominant urban population until relatively recently, and still are the majority in a few districts. Before World War II, minorities represented more than 28% of the total population. During the war that percentage was halved, largely by the loss of the border areas of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina (to the former Soviet Union -- now Moldova and Ukraine) and southern Dobrudja (to Bulgaria), as well as by the postwar flight or deportation of ethnic Germans. Though Romanian troops participated in the destruction of the Jewish communities of Bessarabia and Bukovina, most.
1918 - will later call this the "black day of the German army." October 8 - World War I - In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132. October 28 - Czechoslovakia gains its independence from Austria-Hungary October 28 - New Polish government in Western Galicia (Eastern Europe) November 3 - World War I: Austria-Hungary enters an armistice with the Allies. November 3 - Poland declares its independence from Russia. November 6 - A new Polish government is proclaimed in Lublin. November 9 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates and chooses to live in exile in the Netherlands. November 9 - Provisional National Council Minister-President Kurt Eisner declares Bavaria to be a republic. November 11 - World War I.
Aleksandr Suvorov - the Turks during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787 - 1792 and won many victories; he was wounded twice at Kinburn (1787), took part in the siege of Ochakov, and in 1788 won two great victories at Focsani and by the river Rimnik. In both these battles an Austrian corps under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg participated but at Rimnik Suvorov was in command of the whole allied forces. For the latter victory Catherine II the Great made Suvorov a count with the name "Rimniksky" in addition to his own name, and the Emperor Joseph II created him a count of the Holy Roman Empire. On 22 December 1790 Suvorov stormed the fortress of Ismail in Bessarabia. Turkish forces inside the fortress had the orders to stand their ground to the end and.
Asparukh - migration and military clashes. Khan Asparukh was followed by a great number of Bulgars. He crossed the Danubian delta and while the Byzantine capital was besieged by the Arabs (674 - 678), he and his horde settled in the Ongul area ( Southern Bessarabia ). He was victorious against the Byzantine emperor Constantine IV in 680 and then he swiftly moved from the Danubian delta down to the Balkan range. Asparukh established the State of Bulgaria in 680 as a union with the seven Slavic tribes. He invaded Thrace in 681, seizing towns and fortresses. Unable to stop him, Emperor Constantine IV was compelled to sue for peace, thus recognizing the new state to which he was to pay annual tribute. Khan Asparukh built the fortresses of Pliska and Druster, and.
Bokharaby - a area just outside of the Ottoman control called by some sources Bessarabia, this is just another name for Bokharaby. The area was thought to be located just east of Moldavia. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
