Soroca
County	Soroca County
Status	County capital
Mayor	Mihail Popovschi, since 2001
Population (2005)	~28,407
Location	48°10′N, 28°18′E
Web site	[1]

Soroca is a Moldovan city situated on the Dniester River about 160 km north of Chisinau. Population: 28,407 (2004); 42,700 (1991). It has a sizable Gypsy minority, earning it the monicker of the "world capital of Gypsies".[2] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 517 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1029 × 1194 pixel, file size: 333 KB, MIME type: image/png) Soroca Map I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... Moldova is divided into 32 Rayons, or judeţe, 3 municipalities (Chişinău, Bălţi and Bender), one semi-autonomous, non-contiguous region (Gagauzia), and the breakaway region of Transnistria, the status of which is still disputed. ... Soroca was a county of Moldova. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The river Dniestr (in Polish and Russian; Nistru in Romanian; Дністер, Dnister in Ukrainian; Tyras in Latin; also known as Dniester) is a river in Eastern Europe. ... Chişinău. ... Look up Gypsy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

History

The town had its origin in the medieval Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona. It is well known for its excellently preserved stronghold, established by the Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great (Ştefan cel Mare in Romanian) in 1499. For other uses of Moldavia or Moldova, see Moldova (disambiguation). ... List of rulers of Moldavia, from the first mention of the medieval polity under the name of Moldavia, and until the creation of Romania (in 1866, after the union with Wallachia of 1859). ... Stephen III of Moldavia or Stephen III (c. ... 1499 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cetatea Soroca.

The wooden fort, defending a ford over the Dniester, was an important link in the chain of fortifications which comprised four forts on the Dniester (e.g., Akkerman and Khotin), two forts on the Danube, and three forts on the north border of medieval Moldavia. It was Petru Rareş who constructed the existing stone citadel with five bastions in 1543-46. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 3. ... Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Ukrainian: ; Romanian: Cetatea Albă; Turkish: Akkerman; Russian: , Belgorod-Dnestrovsky; Hungarian: Nyeszterfehérvár; Italian: Moncastro) is a city in southern Ukraine. ... Khotin fortress overlooks the Dniester river Khotyn (Хотин, Polish: Chocim; Romanian: Hotin; Russian: Хотин, Khotin) is a town in the Chernivetska oblast of Ukraine. ... For other uses of Moldavia or Moldova, see Moldova (disambiguation). ... Petru IV RareÅŸ (ca. ...

During the Great Turkish War, John Sobieski's forces successfully defended the fortress against the Ottomans. It was of vital military importance during the Pruth Campaign of Peter the Great in 1711. The stronghold was sacked by the Russians in the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739). The Great Turkish War was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and European powers at the time (joined into a Holy League) during the second half of the 17th century. ... Reign From May 21, 1674, until June 17, 1696 Elected On May 21, 1674 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On February 2, 1676 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Nobel Family Sobieski Coat of Arms Janina Parents Jakub Sobieski Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz Consorts Marie... The Russo-Turkish War of 1710-1711 was the southernmost theatre of the Great Northern War. ... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... Russo–Turkish War of 1735–1739, a war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, caused by intensified contradictions over the results of the War of the Polish Succession of 1733–1735 and endless raids by the Crimean Tatars. ...

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Autonomous regions	Găgăuzia · Transnistria2
1 Comrat and Tiraspol have municipality status but are not among the first-level subdivisions of Moldova, being part of, respectively, Găgăuzia and Transnistria. 2 The political status of Transnistria is not settled.