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Russian "Kishinev
- The English language name for the city was based on the modified Russian "Kishinev," since it entered the English language at the time Chişinău was part of the Russian Empire.
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In 1812 Chișinău was ceded to Russia with the rest of Bessarabia. It then became known by its Russian name, Kishinyov. Chișinău, Moldova. By the late 19th century the city had become home to a large Jewish population, but simmering anti-Semitism within the Russian Empire manifested in brutal pogroms in 1903 and 1905.
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- A Real National Treasures Storehouse
- The Roots of Its Name
- A Special Status of Chisinau
Our city is truly the heart of Moldova because it is situated almost in the center of the country. That is how Moldavian people believe - it is a real storehouse of national treasures, gathering it right in the center of Moldova. Just imagine, Chisinau is the city that keeps all of the stages of its history - starting from different monuments of it...
The roots of the name "Chisinau" are not fully identified, as it is usual for the city of this age. However, according to one of the versions, the city's name comes from a combination of archaical Romanian words - "Chişla nouă" (meaning "a New bowery" or "a New spring (of water)"). That is symbolical, as Chisinau was built on the place of a small s...
The city of Chisinau has a special status in the administrative division of Moldova - it is a municipality. Thus, having this status, the Chisinau city includes: the actual city of Chisinau, six surrounding cities (Sîngera, Durleshty, Vatra, Codru, Vadul-lui-Voda, Cricova) and twenty-five settlements united in thirteen villages or, how we call them...
The origin of the city's name is unclear. A theory suggests that the name may come from the archaic Romanian word chișla (meaning "spring", "source of water") and nouă ("new"), because it was built around a small spring, at the corner of Pușkin and Albișoara streets.
The name Chişinău could come from the old Romanian word chişla ("spring" or "source of water") [1] and nouă ("new"), because it was built around a small spring, which exists today at the corner of Pushkin and Albişoara Streets.
History of Moldova. The history of Moldova can be traced to the 1350s, when the Principality of Moldavia, the medieval precursor of modern Moldova and Romania, was founded. The principality was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1538 until the 19th century.
Its Hungarian name is Kisjenő, from which the Romanian name originates. Kisjenő in turn comes from kis "small" + the "Jenő" tribe, one of the seven Hungarian tribes that entered the Carpathian Basin in 896 and gave the name of 21 settlements. Chişinău is also known in Russian as Кишинёв (Kishinyov).
The name Chisinau comes from Romanian word "chisla noua" which reffers to a spring on the corner of Pushkin and Albisoara streets around which the original city was built . Chisinau has its own emblem and flag which has been changed several times .
