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   Bessarabia
   region in eastern Europe that passed successively, from the 15th to 20th century, to Moldavia, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Romania, the Soviet Union, ... [5 related articles]
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   Bessarabia
   Bessarabia (Basarabia; Бессарабия Bessarabiya, Бессарабія Bessarabiya) is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west. In the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812, and ensuing Pea...
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   Bessarabia
   Bessarabia (besurā'bēu) , historic region, c.17,600 sq mi (45,600 sq km), largely in Moldova and Ukraine. It is bounded by the Dniester River on the north and east, the Prut on the west, and the Danube and the Black Sea on the south. Consisting mainly of a hilly plain with flat stepp...
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   Bessarabia
   Former region in southeastern Europe, bordering on the Black Sea and standing between the Prut and Dniester rivers. Its capital was at Kishinev. The region is now divided between the states of Moldova and Ukraine. Bessarabia takes its name from the Basarabs, a Moldavian princely dynasty that ruled t...
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