1. M(r((e(ti - Tecuci - Albi(a - Leucheni - Kishinev - Odessa

2. In 1818 it became the Capital of the Bessarabian district By 1897 there were more than 50,000 Jews or 46.3% of the population In the late 19th century, due to growing anti-Semitic sentiment in the Russian Empire and better economic conditions, many Jews chose to settle in Kishinev.