Kishinev (Romanian Chisinau)
47°00N 28°50E, pop (2000e) 763 000. Capital city of Moldova; on the R Byk; founded in 1420 as a monastery town; railway; airfield; university (1945); solar research and development, machine building, tobacco, textiles, foodstuffs; Cathedral of the Nativity (1836).
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