Chişinăul la prima etapă de existenţă
The Chișinău in the first stage of existence

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the history of Chișinău from its first stage of existence as a rurallocality near a tatar campand to the fair in Lăpușna. A subject of clarification is the etymology of thetoponym “Chișinău “. The first documentary records of the estate, then of the village, of the fair withthe first economic and social mutations are reviewed. The central leadership of Moldova also contributedt the strengthening of Chișinău as an urban locality, especially during the reigns of Vasile Lupuand Eustatie Dabija. In 1677, Chișinău is also mentioned in Miron Costin’s work, “Polish Chronicle”,and in 1684, in “Polish Poem”, as a small town in the land of Lăpuşna. In the next historical stages, theadministrative and economic status of Chișinău will gradually increase.

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