Historical place archive

Bessarabia in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Bessarabia in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records4 event labels5 people1792–1942

Historical events in Bessarabia

1792

9 January 1792
Rule of Bessarabia
Catherine II the Great · Turkish War, 2nd

Under the Treaty of Jassy Russia returns Bessarabia to Turkey

1812

1812
Acquisition of Bessarabia
Alexander I · Russia War

Russia gains Bessarabia from the Ottoman Empire through the Treaty of Bucharest.

1856

1856
Rule of Bessarabia
Aleksey Fyodorovich Orlov · Crimean War

At the Congress of Paris Russia keeps most of Bessarabia.

1878

1878
Return of Southern Bessarabia
Alexander II · Government of Russia

Russia recovers southern Bessarabia under the settlement reached at the Congress of Berlin.

1942

28 June 1942
Capture of Bessarabia
Joseph Stalin · World War, 2nd

Succesfully demands Romania hand over Bessarabia to Russia, Germany does not object

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Bessarabia. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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