Taraclia (, russian: Тараклия, bg, Тараклия) is a city located in the south of

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. It is the capital of

Taraclia District Taraclia (, ) is a district () in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Taraclia. As of 1 January 2012, its population was 44,100, 65.6% of whom were ethnic Bulgarians. The district covers an area of and has the lowest popu ...

, bordered by the

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Gagauzia Gagauzia or Gagauz-Yeri, or ; ro, Găgăuzia; russian: Гагаузия, Gagauziya officially the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia; ro, Unitatea Teritorială Autonomă Găgăuzia, ''UTAG''; russian: Автономное территор ...

, by the

Cahul District Cahul () is a district ( ro, raion) in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Cahul. As of January 2014 estimates, Cahul District had a population of 124,700. History The district has been inhabited since the Stone Age (50-45,00 ...

and the

Odessa Oblast Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its admin ...

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. The great majority of its inhabitants (2004 census) are ethnic

Bulgarians Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely underst ...

. The

Taraclia State University The Gregory Tsamblak State University ( ro, Universitatea de Stat „Grigore Țamblac” din Taraclia; bg, Тараклийски държавен университет) is a public university located in Taraclia, Moldova. History The Universi ...

, co-funded by

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and Moldova, was established in 2004. The languages of education are Bulgarian and

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History

According to official figures, Taraclia was founded in 1813 by Bulgarian immigrants, although they have been settling there much earlier. The city is one of the oldest Bulgarian settlements of the nineteenth century in what was then the southern

Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds o ...

. The first settlers arrived at Taraclia during the Russo-Turkish war of 1806–1812. In 1821 it has settled a large group, which was originally located in the nearby village

Aluatu Aluatu is a village in Taraclia District, Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine ...

. After the Russo-Turkish war of 1828–1829 a large proportion of Bulgarian immigrants settled in

and specially in Taraclia, about 49 families have settled in the city. The last wave of migration happened in 1854, when 241 people settled there. Having the rights of colonists, they built houses and churches and had children, taking advantage of several decades of privileges granted to them by the Tsarist Russian government. In the middle of the 19th century, the famous explorer

Apollon Skalkowski Apollon Skalkowski ( pl, Apollo Skalkowski; race. 1 (13) January 1808 Zhytomyr - December 28, 1898 (9 January 1899 Odessa) - Polish-Russian and scientist, historian of Ukrainian descdent. He was a father of a journalist Constantine Skalkovsky. Li ...

wrote about them: "Residents, good hosts, herds of large cattle, sheep, and a great deal to the success of horticulture and viticulture, and women bred mulberry trees, collect the cocoons and have silk in large quantities" During the

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, the city was the seat of Plasa Traian, in Cahul County,

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Demography

Ethnic Structure

Taraclia ethnic Structure according to the 2014 population census.Republic of Moldova 2014 Population Census
/ref> ''Footnote'': * There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.

Media

Vocea Basarabiei Vocea Basarabiei ( en, Voice of Bessarabia) is a Romanian language radio station in Moldova. History Vocea Basarabiei was launched on 18 June 2000 in Nisporeni. The Audiovisual Coordinating Council refused in 2002 and 2003 to register Vocea ...

, 101,9

Notable people

* Timofei Silistaru

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Taraclia is twinned with: * Aksakovo, Bulgaria *

Nova Zagora Nova Zagora ( bg, Нова Загора ) is a town located in the southeastern plains of Bulgaria in Sliven Province. It is the administrative centre of Nova Zagora Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 19,562 inhabit ...

, Bulgaria *

Sliven Sliven ( bg, Сливен ) is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. Sliven is famous for its heroic Haiduts who fought against the Ottoman Turk ...

, Bulgaria

References

External links

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Taraklia TV

Radio Taraklia

Bulgarian in Republic of Moldova website
Cities and towns in Moldova Cahul County (Romania) Taraclia District {{Taraclia-geo-stub