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(disambiguation). Guberniya of Bessarabia   Coat of arms
Bessarabia Governorate, 1883 Capital Chişinău Government Not
specified  -  Annexation of Eastern Moldavia by the Russian
Empire 1812  -  Dissolution of the Russian Empire 1917  -  1917
44,422 km² (17,151 sq mi) Today part of  Moldova  Bessarabia was
an oblast (1812–1871) and later a guberniya (Guberniya of
Bessarabia, 1871–1917) in the Russian Empire. It was the eastern
part of the Principality of Moldavia annexed by Russia by the
Treaty of Bucharest following the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812.
The Governorate was disbanded in 1917, with the establishment of
Sfatul Ţării, a national assembly which proclaimed the Moldavian
Democratic Republic in December 1917. The latter united with
Romania in April 1918.  Around 70% of the territory of the
former governorate now belongs to the Republic of Moldova, and
around 30% to Ukraine.   Part of