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Gagauzia is a region in the south of the republic Moldovathat has extensive cultural autonomy.
Regions
The area is primarily a rural steppe landscape with two larger towns.
places
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- 1 Comrat
is the capital of the region.
- 2 Ceadir-Lunga
has 23,000 inhabitants of which two thirds are Gagauz. The Orthodox Church of the “Dear Lady of Kazan” is worth seeing. Mihail Ciachir (1861-1938; Михаил Чакир), who first made Gagauz Turkish a literary language, a monument has been set up. Noteworthy is the golden monument to Lenin. There is a farmers market. Tap water is not drinkable, drinking water is drawn from wells.
Other goals
- Lake Kirov near Ceadir-Lunga.
- The 54 acre 1 Bolgrad Nature Reserve (Russian: Болград) close to the border with Ukraine towards the Danube.
background
language
In addition to Romanian, Russian and Little Russian, Gagauz Turkish, for which the Turkish-Latin alphabet has been expanded to include the letters ä and ţ, is spoken. The existence of a culture of immigrants shaped by a separate language during the Ottoman Empire is the reason for the region's cultural autonomy, which has existed since 2014.
getting there
At Comrat there is a seldom served train station. Otherwise minibuses drive across the country Chișinău ensure that you can reach Comrat (96 km) several times an hour during the day (2019: 46 MDL). There is a direct bus to Ceadîr-Lunga at least every two hours for the same price.
mobility
Minibuses (Marshrutki).
literature
General travel guides see in Country article.