Chișinău is the capital of Moldova. This article gives an overview of street names in the city that refer to famous persons, cities or historic events. A large number of streets have been named after persons that played an important role in Moldovan history: Vasile Alecsandri, Romanian writer Nicolae Anestiade Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni, metropolitan of Romanian orthodox church Alexandru cel Bun, Moldavian voivode between 1400 and 1432 Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian voivode George Coșbuc, Romanian writer, 1866 - 1918 Decebal, Dacian king, 87 - 106 Dosoftei, Moldavian metropolitan Mihai Eminescu, Romanian writer Yuri Gagarin, first man in space Octavian Goga, Romanian poet and politician, 1881 - 1938 Pan Halippa Alexandru Lăpușneanu, prince of Moldavia, 1552 - 1568 Titu Maiorescu, Romanian writer Stefan cel Mare, prince of Moldova between 1457 and 1504 Alexei Mateevici, Moldavian Romanian poet, 1888 - 1917 Veronica Micle, Romanian writer Petru Movila, metropolitan of Kiev, 1633 - 1646 Constantin Negruzzi, Romanian writer Anton Pann, Wallachian poet and composer, 1790s - 1854 Vlaicu Pircalab Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer Alexey Shchusev Varlaam, Moldovan metropolitan Mihai Viteazul, prince of Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania in 1600 Other streets are named after cities in Moldova or elsewhere București, capital of neighbouring Romania Hîncești, town in Moldova Ismail, town in southern Ukraine Tighina (or Bender) Tiraspol, second largest city in the country, capital of the disputed republic of Transnistria Some other references: Sfatul Țării, the national council that declared the Moldavian Democratic Republic on January 24, 1918 Chișinău Roads in Moldova Chisinau