Bessarabia (GeoCard)

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Title:

Bessarabia

Description:

Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province.

Publisher:

Library of Congress; Russian National Library

Rights:

Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes.

Language:

Russian

Coverage:

1856

Province:

Bessarabia

Capital:

Kishinev

Area (square miles):

18,265

Population (total):

792,000

Economic Activities:

Farming, Cattle, Forestry, Viticulture, Fishing, Pasture, Tobacco

Resident Ethnicities:

Russians, Jews, Germans, Gypsies, Greeks, Tatars, Moldavans, Bulgarians, Armenians

Collection:

Geographic Card Set

Tags:

IIIF Manifest

Citation

“Bessarabia,” The Imperiia Project: Map Gallery Site, accessed March 5, 2026, https://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/document/304.