Street names in Chișinău
# Street names in Chișinău

Chișinău is the capital of Moldova. This article gives an overview of street names in the city that refer to famous persons, cities or historic events.

A large number of streets have been named after persons that played an important role in Moldovan history:

* Vasile Alecsandri, Romanian writer
* Nicolae Anestiade
* Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni, metropolitan of Romanian orthodox church
* Alexandru cel Bun, Moldavian voivode between 1400 and 1432
* Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian voivode
* George Coșbuc, Romanian writer, 1866 - 1918
* Decebal, Dacian king, 87 - 106
* Dosoftei, Moldavian metropolitan
* Mihai Eminescu, Romanian writer
* Yuri Gagarin, first man in space
* Octavian Goga, Romanian poet and politician, 1881 - 1938
* Pan Halippa
* Alexandru Lăpușneanu, prince of Moldavia, 1552 - 1568
* Titu Maiorescu, Romanian writer
* Stefan cel Mare, prince of Moldova between 1457 and 1504
* Alexei Mateevici, Moldavian Romanian poet, 1888 - 1917
* Veronica Micle, Romanian writer
* Petru Movila, metropolitan of Kiev, 1633 - 1646
* Constantin Negruzzi, Romanian writer
* Anton Pann, Wallachian poet and composer, 1790s - 1854
* Vlaicu Pircalab
* Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer
* Alexey Shchusev
* Varlaam, Moldovan metropolitan
* Mihai Viteazul, prince of Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania in 1600

Other streets are named after cities in Moldova or elsewhere

* București, capital of neighbouring Romania
* Hîncești, town in Moldova
* Ismail, town in southern Ukraine
* Tighina (or Bender)
* Tiraspol, second largest city in the country, capital of the disputed republic of Transnistria

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