Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). They deal more locally with administrative matters. PCRM the main opposition party, has a large percentage in the city, but its support base in the city is dwindling. [43], The state national broadcaster in the country is the state-owned Moldova 1, which has its head office in the city. ): Chisinau, 677,000. The city is also historically referred to as German: Kischinau, Polish: Kiszyniów, Ukrainian: Кишинів, romanized: Kyshyniv, or Yiddish: קעשענעװ, romanized: Keshenev. leaving a famous wine cellar there. Chișinău (/ˌkɪʃɪˈnaʊ/ KISH-ih-NOW, also US: /ˌkiːʃiːˈnaʊ/ KEE-shee-NOW, Romanian: [kiʃiˈnəw] (listen)), also known as Kishinev (Russian: Кишинёв, tr. However, these demonstrations suddenly turned into another anti-Jewish pogrom, resulting in 19 deaths.[19]. Electoral and political Chișinău given a higher priority for the center-right parties, in principle AEI. Spring and autumn temperatures vary between 16 to 24 °C (61 to 75 °F), and precipitation during this time tends to be lower than in summer but with more frequent yet milder periods of rain. Thus, the GDP per capita of Chișinău stood at 227% of the Moldova's average. [24], Following the German and Romanian reoccupation, the city suffered from the Nazi extermination policy of its Jewish inhabitants, who were transported on trucks to the outskirts of the city and then summarily shot in partially dug pits. Following this the construction of numerous buildings and landmarks began. Many streets of Chișinău are named after historic persons, places or events. Learn how and when to remove this template message, named after historic persons, places or events, Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, List of twin towns and sister cities in Moldova, "Planul Urbanistic General al Municipiului Chișinău", http://statbank.statistica.md/pxweb/pxweb/en/60%20Statistica%20regionala/60%20Statistica%20regionala__02%20POP/POP010300reg.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=2345d98a-890b-4459-bb1f-9b565f99b3b9, https://statbank.statistica.md/pxweb/pxweb/ro/60%20Statistica%20regionala/60%20Statistica%20regionala__02%20POP/POP010300reg.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=b2ff27d7-0b96-43c9-934b-42e1a2a9a774, http://www.statistica.md/public/files/publicatii_electronice/Chisinau/Anuar_Chisinau_2013.pdf, "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab", "Population by commune, sex and age groups", http://www.natura2000oltenita-chiciu.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Moldova-Pitoreasca-Picturesque-Moldavia-pdf-Vladimir-Toncea.pdf, "Transindex – Határon túli magyar helységnévszótár", "The Kishinev Pogrom of 1903: A Turning Point in Jewish History", Building Damage vs. Territorial Casualty Patterns during the Vrancea (Romania) Earthquakes of 1940 and 1977, "70 years ago today: 13–14 June 1941, 300,000 were deported from Bessarabia", "Stalin's Ethnic Deportations—and the Gerrymandered Ethnic Map", "Chisinau, Moldova - Detailed climate information and monthly weather forecast", "Evoluţia demografică a oraşelor basarabene în prima jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea", "Jewish Population in Bessarabia and Transnistria – Geographical", "Populatia stabila pe orase si raioane, la 1 ianuarie, 2005–2017", "Chisinau in cifre. The city has multiple churches and synagogues.[20]. It is situated along the Bâcu (Byk) River, in the south-central part of the country. Mayor Schmidt disapproved of the incident and resigned later in 1903. Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol 10, page 1066. Updates?
The country is sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine. During his 11-year term, Urechean committed himself to the restoration of the church tower of the Catedrala Nașterea Domnului and improvements in public transport. After Ștefan’s death the city fell under the control of the Ottoman Turks. By the year 1897, 46% of the population of Chișinău was Jewish, over 50,000 people.
Following World War I, the city was included in Romania as Chișinău, but it was ceded with the rest of Bessarabia back to the Soviet Union in 1940 and became the capital of the newly formed Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. The municipality comprises 635 km2 (245 sq mi). Omissions? The city is the cultural centre of Moldova, with an academy of sciences, a university (1945), other institutions of higher education, and several scientific research establishments. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in the United States. Pop.
[26][27], In the years 1947 to 1949 the architect Alexey Shchusev developed a plan with the aid of a team of architects for the gradual reconstruction of the city.
Its Hungarian name is Kisjenő, from which the Romanian name originates. $0.18).[48]. Kishinjóv [kʲɪʂɨˈnʲɵf]), is the capital and largest city[9] of the Republic of Moldova. Its population had grown to 92,000 by 1862, and to 125,787 by 1900. The epicenter of the quake, which measured 7.4 (or 7.7, according to other sources) on the Richter scale, was in Vrancea Mountains and subsequently led to substantial destruction: 78 deaths and 2,795 affected buildings (of which 172 destroyed).
His predecessor was Serafim Urechean. At least 24 other settlements are named after the Jenő tribe.[12][13]. Independence from the Soviet Union was followed by a large-scale renaming of streets and localities from a Communist theme into a national one. Therefore, it remains a common English name in some historical contexts. Chișinău Railway Station has an international railway terminal with connections to Bucharest, Kyiv, Minsk, Odessa, Moscow, Samara, Varna and St. Petersburg. [citation needed]. Signs that say "Patria Mea" (English: My homeland) can be found all over the capital. In addition to television, most Moldovan radio and newspaper companies have their headquarters in the city. There are three professional football clubs in Chișinău: Zimbru and Academia of the Moldovan National Division (first level), and Real Succes of the Moldovan "A" Division (second level). In June–July 1941 the city came under bombardment by Nazi air raids. In 1933, the first higher education institution in Bessarabia was established, by transferring the Agricultural Sciences Section of the University of Iași to Chișinău, as the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. Moldova has a population of 3,550,000 (in 2017). [11] Kisjenő comes from kis "small" and the Jenő, one of the seven Hungarian tribes that entered the Carpathian Basin in 896. Chișinău has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) characterised by warm summers and cool, windy winters. In the chaos of the Second World War, Chișinău was severely affected. The city is also renowned for its cognac and especially its award-winning beer, so arrive thirsty! Chișinău, formerly Kishinyov, also spelled Kishinev or Kišin’ov, city and capital of Moldova (Moldavia). Between 26 May 1830 and 13 October 1836 the architect Avraam Melnikov established the Catedrala Nașterea Domnului with a magnificent bell tower.