Chișinău is the capital of Moldova. This page 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
Some other references:
Sfatul Țării, the national council that declared the Moldavian Democratic Republic on January 24, 1918
