South Bessarabia
Southern Bessarabia referred
- generally the south of the historical region of Bessarabia (about the area south of the Trajan Wall between Dniester and Prut)
- In particular, two historical regions in southern Bessarabia that only partially overlap:
- Budschak , which today belongs to Ukraine
- Cahul, Bolgrad and Ismail , which belonged to the Principality of Moldova and Romania between 1856 and 1878, respectively