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.

Named for famous persons

A large number of streets have been named after persons that played an important role in Moldovan history:

A

• Vasile Alecsandri Street, Romanian writer
• Nicolae Anestiade

B

• Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni, metropolitan of Romanian orthodox church
• Alexandru cel Bun, Moldavian voivode between 1400 and 1432

C

• Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian voivode
• Strada Maria Cebotari – named for a celebrated soprano and actress
• George Coșbuc, Romanian writer, 1866 - 1918

D

• Decebal, Dacian king, 87 - 106
• Pedestrian Street Eugen Doga – opened in 2015 and named for the composer
• Dosoftei, Moldavian metropolitan

E

• Mihai Eminescu, Romanian writer

G

• Yuri Gagarin, first man in space
• Octavian Goga, Romanian poet and politician, 1881 - 1938

H

• Pan Halippa

L

• Alexandru Lăpușneanu, prince of Moldavia, 1552 - 1568

M

• Titu Maiorescu, Romanian writer
• Alexei Mateevici, Moldavian Romanian poet, 1888 - 1917
• Veronica Micle, Romanian writer
• Petru Movila, metropolitan of Kiev, 1633 - 1646

N

• Constantin Negruzzi, Romanian writer

P

• Anton Pann, Wallachian poet and composer, 1790s - 1854
• Vlaicu Pircalab
• Strada Alexander Pushkin – honoring Russian writer who lived in exile in Chisinau

S

• Strada Alexey Shchusev – named for architect who designed many buildings in Chisinau, the street features a museum also bearing his name.
• Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) boulevard – prince of Moldova between 1457 and 1504

V

• Mihai Viteazul, prince of Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania in 1600

Named for other localities

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
• Varlaam, Moldovan metropolitan

Other references

• Sfatul Țării, the national council that declared the Moldavian Democratic Republic on January 24, 1918
• 31 August 1989 Street– named for the day that the Romanian language was adopted as a state language by the Socialist Republic of Romania