Bălți (Moldova)

LC control no.	n 96022399
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	Bălți (Moldova) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Moldova--Bălți
Variant(s)	Baltsi (Moldova)
See also	Belʹt︠s︡y (Moldavian S.S.R.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Special note	Bălți was part of Romanian Bessarabia from the end of World War I until the end of World War II. Before that it was part of the Bessarabskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ in Russia
Found in	Sefer Baltsi Basarabyah, 1993: t.p. (Baltsi, Bálți Basarabia) p. 620, etc. (Bălți) BGN gaz., USSR: (Belʹt︠s︡y, popl.: 47°66ʹN, 27°56ʹE; variant: Beltsi, Bălți) Bartholomew. Ukraine & Moldova [MAP], 1995: (Bălți, Moldova) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 1, p. 201 (Beltsi [Bel'ci] (Rumanian: Bălți), a city on the Reut River in northern Bessarabia, under the administration of the Moldavian SSR. Under the Russian Empire and Rumanian rule Beltsi was a county town, located on Rumanian ethnic territory, which contained a sizable minority of Ukrainians) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (unknown; 47°45ʹ42ʺN 027°55ʹ44ʺE)
Not found in	LC data base, 11-16-89 (hdg.: Belʹt︠s︡y, Moldavian S.S.R.); Belʹt︠s︡y, 1988: t.p. (Belʹt︠s︡y, Bėlt︠s︡ʹ, Beltsy); Enchikl. sovet Moldoveni︠a︡skė: v. 1, p. 541 (Bėltsʹ, founded in 15th cent., granted city status in 1818); SSSR, admin.-territ. delenie, 1983: p. 475 (Belʹt︠s︡y, city in Moldavskai︠a︡ SSR; established in 1818); Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 1, p. 201 (Beltsi [Bel'ci] (Rumanian: Bălți), a city on the Reut River in northern Bessarabia, under the administration of the Moldavian SSR. Under the Russian Empire and Rumanian rule Beltsi was a county town, located on Rumanian ethnic territory, which contained a sizable minority of Ukrainians)