title: Street names in Chișinău
text: # 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:
  
  