= Budjak = '''Budjak''' is a historic region in modern [[Ukraine]]. It fundamentally is the Ukrainian portion of [[WorldHistory/Bessarabia|Bessarabia]], still north of the Danube but west of the Prut. <> ---- == History == For most of history, Budjak was a component of [[WorldHistory/Bessarabia|Bessarabia]]. This region was contested between the [[WorldHistory/OttomanEmpire|Ottomans]] and [[Russia/Monarchs#Imperial_Russia|Russians]] through the '''Russo-Turkish Wars'''. The portion east of the Prut was ceded to Russia in 1818; the remainder, which became known as '''Southern Bessarabia''', was also ceded in 1829. Russia reorganized this land into the '''Bessarabia Governorate'''. The remainder of the [[Romania/Monarchs#Principality_of_Moldavia|Moldavia]] and [[Romania/Monarchs#Principality_of_Wallachia|Wallachia]] were subject to Russian military occupation, though they remained an Ottoman vassal. The [[Romania/Democratization#Revolutions_of_1848|revolutions of 1848]] were expressed here as Danubian nationalism, which the Ottomans and Russians jointly suppressed. Southern Bessarabia was ceded back to the Ottomans following the [[WorldHistory/CrimeanWar|Crimean War]]. It was included in the reformed [[WorldHistory/OttomanEmpire/Vilayets#Danube|vilayet of Danube]] and the [[Romania/Monarchs#Ottoman_Vassalization|United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia]], which soon was renamed to '''Romania'''. Russia again seized the Black Sea coast in the '''Russo-Turkish War of 1878'''. Although the [[WorldHistory/CongressOfBerlin|Treaty of Berlin]] confirmed the independence of [[Romania/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Romania|Romania]], it was compelled to cede Southern Bessarabia to Russia. As a consolation, Russia ceded [[WorldHistory/Dobruja|Dobruja]] to Romania and [[Bulgaria/Monarchs#Principality_of_Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]. Bessarabia for the most part became [[Moldova/Democratization#Soviet_Socialist_Republic|Moldova]]. Southern Bessarabia, now known as '''Budjak''', was kept in [[Ukraine/Democratization#Soviet_Socialist_Republic|Ukraine]]. ---- CategoryRicottone