Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi (Ukrainian: Білгород-Дністровський; Romanian: Cetatea Albă; Turkish: Akkerman; Russian: Бе́лгород-Днестро́вский, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky; Hungarian: Nyeszterfehérvár; Italian: Moncastro) is a city in southern Ukraine. Population: 48,100 (as of 2004). It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Dniester river. Jump to: navigation, search Melbourne, Australia by night For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation) A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Length 1350 km Elevation of the source -  m Average discharge -  m³/s Area watershed 62,000  km² Origin  Ukraine Mouth  Black Sea Basin countries Ukraine, Moldova The river Dniester (Polish: Dniestr, Ukrainian: Дністер, Romanian: Nistru, Russian: Днестр, Latin: Tyras) is a river in Eastern Europe. ...

Administratively, Bilhorod is the center of Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi raion (district) within the Odessa Oblast. Historically it is part of Bessarabia. See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... Jump to: navigation, search Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... Odessa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, Odes’ka oblast’ or Одещина, Odeshchyna) is an oblast of south-western Ukraine. ... Old map of Bessarabia Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia annexed by Russia in 1812. ...

Bilhorod is an ancient city with a rich history. In the 6th century Milesian colonists founded a settlement named Tyras on the future location of Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi which later came under Roman and Byzantine rule. By the 9th century the settlement had become a Slavic market named Bilhorod (white city), and fell under the rule of Halych-Volhynia by the 13th century. Genoa briefly controlled the town during the 14th century, as did Louis I of Hungary. Bilhorod was incorporated into Moldavia in the 15th century, becoming an important Moldavian fortress also commonly known as Cetatea Albă. Jump to: navigation, search This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ... The Milesians of Hellenic (Greek) civilization were the inhabitants of Miletus, a city in the Anatolia province of modern-day Turkey, near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and at the mouth of the Meander River. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ancient Rome was a civilization that existed in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East between 753 BC and its downfall in AD 476. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Slavic peoples are defined by their linguistic attainment of the Slavic languages. ... Halych-Volhynia, or Halych-Volodymyr, was a large state in Ruthenia (Rus ) which existed in the 13th and 14th centuries. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes, German Genua) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... Jump to: navigation, search This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which... Louis the Great Louis I (the Great), Lajos, Ludwik WÄ™gierski (1326 - 1382) became king of Hungary in 1342 at the death of his father. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...

The Ottoman Empire conquered the town in 1484 and established it as a northern fortress named Akkerman in its defensive system against Poland-Lithuania and the later Russian Empire. Major battles between the Ottomans and the Russians were fought near Bilhorod in 1770 and 1789. Russia conquered the town in 1770, 1774, and 1806, but returned the town after the conclusion of hostilities. It was not incorporated into Russia until 1881. Jump to: navigation, search Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Bursa (1335 - 1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (Constantinople) (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanli... Events January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Saragossa, Spain July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and... The Commonwealth around 1619 Official languages Polish, Latin Established church Roman Catholic Capital Cracow (until 1596) Warsaw (from 1596) Largest City Gdańsk, later Warsaw Head of state King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania Area about 1 million km² Population about 11 million Existed 1569 - 1795 The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... 1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

From 1918-1940 Bilhorod was a city in Romania, but it passed to Ukrainian control as part of the territory ceded by Romania to the Soviet Union as part of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. A 28% Russian minority and a 4% Bulgarian minority still live there according to the last Ukrainian census, while Romanians comprise 2% of the city's population. Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Molotov (lower left), Ribbentrop (in black) and Stalin (far right) The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, also known as the Hitler-Stalin pact or Ribbentrop-Molotov pact or Nazi-Soviet pact and formally known as the Treaty of Nonaggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was in theory a...

The former Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Văcăroiu was born in this city. Nicolae Văcăroiu (born on December 5, 1943 in Bolgrad, Bessarabia, now in Ukraine) was the Prime Minister of Romania from 1992 to 1996. ...

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