Place details
Place nameChisinau
Other namesKishinev, Kishinyov, Kishiniv, Kishinëv, Kishinef, Kiscinev, Kischinew, Chisinau, Chisina, Kisin'ov
CountryMoldova
Latitude47
Longitude28.833
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Situated on Byk river; heavily damaged in Russo-Turkish War 1788; ceded to Russia 1812; site where poet Aleksandr Pushkin was sent into exile; part of Romania after WW I; passed to Soviet Union in 1940; destroyed in WW II and later reconstructed.