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Bessarabia

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Bessarabia , 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 steppes, it is an extremely fertile agricultural area, especially for wine grapes, fruits, corn, wheat, tobacco, sugar beets, and sunflowers. Dairy cattle and sheep raising are also important. Agricultural processing is the chief industry. There are some stone quarries and lignite deposits. Bessarabia's leading cities are Chisinau... Read more

Bessarabia
Bessarabia (Basarabia), Moldova‐Ukraine A region, and former principality, lying between the Prut...the 15th century. Russian occupation was confirmed at the Treaty of Bucharest in 1812. In 1917 Bessarabia declared independence, becoming the Bessarabian Democratic Republic of Moldova; the following ... Read more

Bessarabia
...when Moldavia submitted to the Turks; Bessarabia remained under Turkish control until...after the Russian Revolution of 1917 Bessarabia declared its independence and voted...province and in 1940 demanded that it cede Bessarabia; when Romania complied, the U.S.S.R... Read more

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	The Bessarabians. (autonomy movements in region of Moldavia changing it into a little Rumania) ; ...history books there is a place called Bessarabia. It lay between the Prut and Dniester...Moldavia. Today that republic is dying, and Bessarabia is coming back to life. Since last spring...future lies. It does not. Rip-van-Winkle Bessarabia is still rubbing its eyes, unsure of... Read more
	A New Sort of Soldier ; ...of Soldier In every city and town of Bessarabia, wherever you go, you could almost become...knows what this word means, not only in Bessarabia, but also in Bukovina or in Rumania...shtetl and touch the heart. In one of the Bessarabian shtetlakh, I heard a song about them... Read more
	Honoring My Cousin's Courage ; ...lived in the same house in Kishinev, Bessarabia (now Moldova). Sima's mother, Genia...became a doctor. In the 1930s she left Bessarabia, married and, fleeing the increasing...father, at the age of 18, also left Bessarabia. He went to Belgium to join his brother... Read more
	Obituaries: GARY BERTINI ; GARY BERTINI Brichevo, Bessarabia, May 1, 1927 - Tel Hashomer, Israel, March 17, 2005 Music director...the development of the classical-music scene in Israel. Born in Bessarabia (now part of the Republic of Moldava, but then part of Romania... Read more
	Pogrom begins bloody century ; Geduld, Herb Cleveland Jewish News 06-20-2003 In 1903, the bustling town of Kishinev in Russian Bessarabia had a population of about 110,000, of whom over 50,000, or 46%, were Jews. Jews had been present in the town since the 18th century... Read more
	FACE TO FACE: A Voice from Israel Illuminated Russia ; Forward 10-23-1998 FACE TO FACE: A Voice from Israel Illuminated Russia It's the early 1960s, a hard time for my family in Belz, Bessarabia. My father, who worked for a large company, is arrested and sentenced to eight years of forced labor. The judge pronounces... Read more
	FORWARD 1897-2005; Looking Back ; ...100 YEARS AGO IN THE FORWARD This week, the Forward received a postcard from one Yidl Zaydman, in the shtetl of Rishkan in Bessarabia. It read as follows: "It's not so good here, and even worse since the economy is so depressed. There has also been a riot... Read more
	Le Roi des Juifs [King of the Jews].(Brief article)(Book review) ; ...Rothstein, a legendary Jewish gangster whose family came from Bessarabia, was in his time the financier of the underworld. He had...organized crime, the city of New York, and the historical epic of Bessarabian Jews. Samuel Blumenfeld. Le Monde des Livres, Jan. 20, 2006... Read more
	Fred Slater: Rags to riches and beyond ; Ninety years ago, teen-age Benny Sembler, an immigrant from Bessarabia (now part of Russia), was selling newspapers at the Junction, St. Joseph's busiest streetcar transfer point at Fifth and Edmond... Read more
	'Lazarus' examines questions of identity, allegiance ; In 1903, Lazarus Averbuch, a Jewish immigrant from Kishineff, Bessarabia (now Moldova), went to the home of Chicago police chief George Shippy on the morning of March 2. Shippy took one look at Averbuch... Read more

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