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Viaţa cotidiană în oraşul Chişinău la începutul secoului al XX-lea (1900-1918)
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well as providing food. Forests occupy the whole county Chisinau reaching
Orhei and were placed on the chain of mountains Mehur.
1.1.2. The Urban areas
The advantage to be a capital. The creation of Tsarist era (St. Ciobanu),
in terms of form and outside the city fully justifies the findings of A. Toynbee
regarding how to choose the capital on the grounds of convenience: both in
terms of conditions supply goods in connection with the provincial administration
and in maintaining security but also on considerations in selecting
capital strategy. Evolution as the capital was determined largely by the fact
that Chisinau was formed in a context of economic and social, political, ideological
and cultural specific environment due to Russian influence, issues that
have left imprints on evolution of mentalities and everyday life.
Streets and neighborhoods. Like most cities of the Russian Empire,
Chisinau occupy a large territory, and the buildings were separated by streets,
grouped in neighborhoods. In the early twentieth century Chisinau occupy
an area of approximately 4 500 desetine of land, of which 770 were reserved
for houses and yards, and 2 500 were occupied by gardens and vineyards. City
area in 1900 increased further by 2 088 desetine by peripheral Visterniceni
estate purchase, which will be built Rascani urban area. In the period studied,
the city was divided conventionally into four sectors, according to the plan
drawn up by architect Zauşkevici, Chisinau was divided in 102 streets, 20
streets, 269 districts, which included 12 churches, 35 public buildings and
state institutions, 11 markets 10 barriers, seven bridges and five suburbs.
To the Union of Bessarabia with Romania were not recorded substantial
changes in dividing the city, except change the names of streets, occurred in
1912. After the Great Union, much of the streets have been renamed, so that
in the interwar period they were 2-3 names.
1.1.3. Population
A wen. The population and the demografic situation was a current
problem for the early twentieth century, it was provided that the Chisinau
city with most inhabitants of the province of Bessarabia and one of the most
populated cities of the Russian Empire.
Like other capital, Chisinau played the crucible, attracting immigrants from
different places with different mother tongues, different habits and manners
and in different social classes. This one was apparently normal in terms of
Russification and the denationalization policy pursued by the Tsarist authori-