Chișinău: All Data
Chișinău is a city in Moldova. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Chișinău: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Bessarabia, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Romania during World War I
1917 AD
Capital of Moldavian Democratic Republic
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia
1931 AD
Subdivision Capital of the County of Lapusna, part of Kingdom of Romania
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation München (Bessarabia)
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (Eastern Theatre)
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
1946 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1955 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1989 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1991 AD
Capital of Republic of Moldova
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Municipality of Chișinău, part of Republic of Moldova