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

Some other references:
 * Sfatul Țării, the national council that declared the Moldavian Democratic Republic on January 24, 1918