Chișinău
City
Capital of Moldova and, before 1991, of the Moldavian Soviet Republic; site of the 1903 Kishinev pogrom.
Held by
- 1789 – July 4, 1812 Ottoman Empire
- July 5, 1812 – September 14, 1917 Russian Empire
- September 14, 1917 – November 7, 1917 Russia
- December 6, 1917 – January 24, 1918 Russia
- 1919 – June 28, 1940 Kingdom of Romania
- March 12, 1940 – August 26, 1991 Soviet Union
- July 10, 1941 – August 19, 1944 Germany Military occupation
- August 19, 1941 – April 1, 1944 Kingdom of Romania
- since August 27, 1991 Moldova
Capital of
Events here 3
- April 19–22, 1903 Kishinev pogrom
- April 12, 2009 April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests
- May 3, 2015 – November 13, 2016 2015–2016 protests in Moldova