Chilia County

Chilia County (Romanian: Județul Chilia or Județul Chilia Nouă) was a county (județ) of Romania part of the Bessarabia Governorate.^[1] Having lost Bessarabia in 1940 following an ultimatum by the Soviet Union (USSR),^[2] Romania recovered the region in 1941 following the Axis invasion of the USSR during World War II.^[3] Chilia County was the only Romanian county in Bessarabia that had not been created earlier in the administrative reform of 1930.^[4]

Chilia County was divided into three plăși ("districts"), Plasa Chilia (capital Chilia or Chilia Nouă, now Kiliia; composed of 17 communes with a total of 26 villages), Plasa Tarutino (capital Tarutino or Ancecrac, now Tarutyne; composed of 12 communes with a total of 20 villages) and Plasa Tătărești (capital Tătărești, composed of 16 communes with a total of 25 villages).^[5]

In 1944, Romania abandoned the Axis and joined the Allies, having to agree to giving up Bessarabia again.^[6]^[7]

^ Stănică 2007, p. 111.
^ Hitchins 2014, p. 199.
^ Hitchins 2014, p. 208.
^ WJC: Romania Section 1945, p. 36.
^ Platon 1999, p. 471.
^ Hitchins 2014, pp. 212–213.
^ Hitchins 2014, p. 215.

[FOOTNOTEStănică2007111-1] Stănică 2007, p. 111.

[FOOTNOTEHitchins2014199-2] Hitchins 2014, p. 199.

[FOOTNOTEHitchins2014208-3] Hitchins 2014, p. 208.

[FOOTNOTEWJC:_Romania_Section194536-4] WJC: Romania Section 1945, p. 36.

[FOOTNOTEPlaton1999471-5] Platon 1999, p. 471.

[FOOTNOTEHitchins2014212–213-6] Hitchins 2014, pp. 212–213.

[FOOTNOTEHitchins2014215-7] Hitchins 2014, p. 215.

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