According to the traditional explanation, the name Bessarabia (Basarabia in Romanian) derives from the Wallachian Basarab dynasty, … See more

The region is bounded by the Dniester to the north and east, the Prut to the west, and the lower River Danube and Black Sea to … See more

According to Bessarabian historian Ștefan Ciobanu and Moldovan philologist Viorica Răileanu, in 1810, the Romanian population was approximately 95%. During the 19th century, as … See more

• Bessarabia Germans
• Bessarabian Bulgarians
• "Bessarabia, Romanian land"
• Budjak (southern Bessarabia)
• Chernivtsi Oblast See more

In the late 14th century, the newly established Principality of Moldavia encompassed what later became known as Bessarabia. Afterward, this territory was directly or indirectly, … See more

• 1911: There were 165 loan societies, 117 savings banks, 43 professional savings and loan societies, and eight Zemstvo loan offices; all these had total assets of about 10,000,000 … See more

Bessarabia travel guide from Wikivoyage Media related to Bessarabia at Wikimedia Commons
• Charles Upson Clark. 1927. "Bessarabia: Russia and Roumania on the Black Sea". (An electronic version of the book). Archived See more