Part of Bessarabia returned to Moldavia from 1856 to 1878
Southern Bessarabia
Basarabia de Sud
Territory of Moldavia (1856–1859), United Principalities/Romanian United Principalities/Romania (1859–1878)
1856–1878
Area
• 1859[1]
8,694 km2 (3,357 sq mi)
• 1878[1]
8,694 km2 (3,357 sq mi)
Population
• 1859[2]
138,521
• 1878[2]
163,000
• Type
Civil administration
Historical era
19th century
• Treaty of Paris (1856)
30 March 1856
• Union of Moldavia and Wallachia (United Principalities)
24 January 1859 (O.S.) (5 February N.S.)
• Treaty of Berlin (1878)
13 July 1878
• Russian takeover
13–18 October 1878
Political subdivisions
Counties
Bolgrad County
Cahul County
Ismail County
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Empire
Russian Empire
Today part of
Moldova Ukraine
Southern Bessarabia or South Bessarabia is a territory of Bessarabia which, as a result of the Crimean War, was returned to the Moldavian Principality in 1856. As a result of the unification of the latter with Wallachia, these lands became part of United Principalities of Moldova and Wallachia.
In 1878, despite opposition from Romania, the Berlin Treaty, which followed the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), transferred this region back to the Russian Empire (which reintegrated it into the Bessarabia Governorate).
The transfer of the territory took place in October 1878. From 13 to 18 October, Russia took over Southern Bessarabia while the Romanian officials withdrew.[3]
In 1918 Southern Bessarabia yet again became part of the Kingdom of Romania (under the informal name of Bugeac) for the following 22 years (1918-1940) respectively between June 1941 and 1944.
^ abAnuarul Statistic al României 1937 si 1938 [Romanian Statistical Yearbook]. Bucharest: INSSE. 1939. p. 41.
^ abColescu, Leonida (1944). Analiza Rezultatelor Recensământului General al Populației României dela 1899 [Analysis of the Results of the General Census of the Romanian Population from 1899]. Bucharest: INSSE. pp. 29–32.
^Frederick Kellogg, Purdue University Press, 1995, The Road to Romanian Independence, p. 191
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