Dniestr - Dniestr The river Dniester, or Dniestr (in Polish and Russian languages), Dnistro (in Ukrainian language), or Nistru (in Romanian language) is a river in Eastern Europe. It rises in the Ukraine, near the border with Poland, and flows toward the Black Sea. For a short while it marks the border of Ukraine and Moldova, after this on the east bank is the breakaway region of Transnistria. It leaves this region and becomes the international border again, then flows through Ukraine to the Black Sea. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Bessarabia - 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, some Dacians (the free Dacians) resisted the Roman conquerors in Bessarabia. The region was.
Russian Imperial Expansion and Maturation - Catherine II - 1774. By that treaty, Russia acquired an outlet to the Black Sea, and the Crimean Tatars were made independent of the Ottomans. In 1783 Catherine annexed Crimea, helping to spark the next war with the Ottoman Empire, which began in 1787. By the Treaty of Jassy in 1792, Russia expanded southward to the Dniestr river. The terms of the treaty fell far short of the goals of Catherine's reputed "Greek project"--the expulsion of the Ottomans from Europe and the renewal of a Byzantine Empire under Russian control. The Ottoman Empire no longer was a serious threat to Russia, however, and was forced to tolerate an increasing Russian influence over the Balkans. Russia's westward expansion under Catherine was the result of the partitioning of Poland. As Poland became increasingly weak in the.
Moldova - a part of the Soviet Union as the Moldavian SSR, it occupies most of the territory formerly known as Bessarabia (in Romanian, Basarabia), together with areas on the left (eastern) bank of the Dniestr river added in 1940. Republica Moldova (In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Moldovan (Romanian) Capital Chişinău President Vladimir Voronin Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev Area - Total - % water Ranked 135th 33,843 kmē 1.4% Population - Total (2002) - Density Ranked 116th 4,431,570 131/kmē Independence - Date From the Soviet Union August 27, 1991 Currency Leu Time zone UTC +2 National anthem Limba noastră Internet TLD .MD Calling Code 373 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Politics 3 Counties 4 Geography 5 Economy 6 Demographics 7 Culture 8 Miscellaneous topics 9.
List of rivers of Europe - Brda Drweca Bzura Narew Wkra (Western) Bug Biebrza Pilica Wieprz San Wislok Wisloka Nida Dunajec Poprad Pasleka Pregola Lyna Black Sea Danube - Germany, Austria, Czech Rep, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria Drava Gurk Pruth Sava Krka Sireth Theiss Vedea Ilz, Passau Inn, Passau Lech Dniestr Dnieper Don Caspian Sea Volga Mediterranean Sea Alpheus - Greece (Peloponnese) Erymanthus River - Greece (Peloponnese) Arno - Italy (Tuscany) Axios or Vardar - Greece - Macedonia Ebre Segre Valira Pineios/Peneus River in Tempe - Greece Po - Northern Italy Ticino River Rhone Saône Brevenne Doubs River Ouche Reyssouze Tille Tiber (Tevere)- Italy (Latium, Umbria North Sea Elbe, near Cuxhaven Havel, Havelberg Spree, Berlin-Spandau Panke, Berlin Dahme Notte Saale Vltava Humber - England Trent Ouse Aire Meuse - France, Belgium, Netherlands Rhine (Rhein) - Switzerland,.
