Bessarabia

region (oblast) in Ukraine

thumb|Map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clark's 1927 book Bessarabia, Russia and Romania on the Black Sea

Budjak, also known as Budzhak, is a historical region that was part of Bessarabia from 1812 to 1940. Situated along the Black Sea, between the Danube and Dniester rivers, this multi-ethnic region covers an area of and is home to approximately 600,000 people. The majority of the region (former Izmail Oblast) is now located in Ukraine's Odesa Oblast, while the remaining part is found in the southern districts of Moldova. The region is bordered to the north by the rest of Moldova, to the west and south by Romania, and to the east by the Black Sea and the rest of Ukraine. thumb|Shepherd in Budjak

Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR (1940–54)

any of several earthen fortifications in eastern Europe

1778–1828 Cossack polity in the Danube Delta

political coalition

Part of Bessarabia returned to Moldavia from 1856 to 1878

cossack host in the Russian Empire (1828–1868)

2009 film

land in Romania