Duchy of Bessarabia

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Duchy
gptkbp:area approximately 45,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Prut_River
gptkbp:capital Bălți
gptkbp:climate Temperate continental
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Crafts
Festivals
Cuisine
Folklore
Traditional music
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Romanian_culture
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Russian_ruble
gptkbp:dissolved 1856
gptkbp:economicActivity Agriculture
Craftsmanship
Trade
gptkbp:established 1812
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Russo-Turkish_War_(1806–1812)
gptkb:Crimean_War
Treaty of Bucharest (1812)
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 19th century
Ottoman_Empire_rule
Russian_rule
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Statute_of_Bessarabia
Constitution of Bessarabia
part_of_the_Russian_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Duchy of Bessarabia
gptkbp:majorCity Chișinău
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Bulgarians
gptkb:Ukrainians
Russians
Romanians
Gagauz
gptkbp:naturalResources Forests
Minerals
Fertile soil
gptkbp:notablePerson Nicolae Iorga
Ion Creangă
Mihai Eminescu
Vasile Alecsandri
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
gptkbp:officialLanguage Romanian
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Moldova
gptkbp:population around 1,000,000
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bessarabia_Governorate
gptkbp:transportation Railways
Roads
River transport