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___MASK8___ ( or "", Romanian Cyrillic alphabet : ) is a historical region , and former principality in Eastern Europe , corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river . An initially independent and later autonomous state , it existed from the 14th century to 1859 , when it united with ___MASK91___ as the basis of the modern Romanian state ; at various times , ___MASK8___ included the regions of Bessarabia ( with the Budjak ) and all of Bukovina . ___MASK60___ is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe , now shared between ___MASK83___ and Albania . It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea , stretching from the Bay of Vlorë and the Acroceraunian mountains in the north to the Ambracian Gulf and the ruined Roman city of Nicopolis in the south . It is currently divided between the region of ___MASK60___ in northwestern ___MASK83___ and the counties of Gjirokastër , Vlorë , and Berat in southern Albania . The largest city in ___MASK60___ is Ioannina , seat of the region of ___MASK60___ , with Gjirokastër the largest city in the Albanian part of ___MASK60___ . The Dniester River , or Dnister River ( translit . " Dnister ", , ) is a river in Eastern Europe . It runs first through ___MASK16___ and then through ___MASK86___ ( from which it separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria ), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again . The Balkan Peninsula , or the Balkans , is a peninsula and a cultural area in Eastern and Southeastern Europe with various and disputed borders . The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch from the ___MASK84___ - Bulgaria border to the Black Sea . Budjak or Budzhak ( Russian , Ukrainian , and Bulgarian :  ; Romanian : " Bugeac "; Turkish : " Bucak ") is a historical region in ___MASK16___ . Lying along the Black Sea between the Danube and Dniester rivers , this thinly populated multi - ethnic 600 , 000 - people region of 13 , 188 km is located in the southern Bessarabia . Nowadays , part of the Odessa Oblast , the region is bordered to the north and west by ___MASK86___ , to the south by ___MASK74___ , and to the east by the Black Sea and the rest of ___MASK16___ . Thessaly (" Thessalía "; ancient Thessalian : , " Petthalía ") is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of ___MASK83___ , comprising most of the ancient region of the same name . Before the Greek Dark Ages , Thessaly was known as Aeolia , and appears thus in Homer ' s " Odyssey ". Bukovina (" Bukovyna "; Hungarian : " Bukovina "; German and Polish : " Bukowina "; see also other languages ) is a historical region in Central Europe , divided between ___MASK74___ and Ukraine , located on the northern slopes of the central Eastern Carpathians and the adjoining plains . Stephen II ( or tefan II ) ( died 13 July 1447 ) was a Prince ( Voivode ) of ___MASK8___ . He ruled alone between September 1434 and August 1435 , jointly with Ilia of ___MASK8___ from August 1435 to May 1443 , alone from May 1443 to May 1444 , in association with his brother Petru from May 1444 to 1445 , and alone until July 1447 . He was the son of Alexander the Good and a concubine , Stanca . He deposed his brother Ilia I with the assistance several boyars and of the Wallachian Prince Vlad II Dracul . In exchange for Pokuttya the Poles , to whom Ilia had pledged his allegiance , also recognised him , and King Wadysaw III agreed to capture Ilia and hold him in prison . Ilia was eventually freed in 1435 , and returned at the head of an army , engaging his brother in several battles ; the indecisive one in Podraga or Podagra ( the present - day village of Podriga in Drgueni ) brought Wadysaw III ' s mediation : an agreement was reached for Stephen and Ilia to share the throne , with Stephen as ruler over the southeastern part of ___MASK8___ , in Tecuci , Kilia , Vaslui , and Covurlui . In 1443 , Ilia breached their agreement , and Stephen caught him and gouged out his eyes . Blinded , Ilia sought refuge in Poland , while Stephen remained prince , taking as his associate an illegitimate brother , Petru II . He was killed in 1447 by the son of Ilia , Roman II , who had ensured Polish support during his refuge in Pokuttya . ___MASK84___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK84___ , is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe , covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans . Relative to its small territory , it is a diverse country distinguished by a " transitional " character , situated along cultural , geographic , climatic and other boundaries . ___MASK84___ is landlocked and borders Hungary to the north ; ___MASK74___ and Bulgaria to the east ; Macedonia to the south ; and Croatia , Bosnia - Herzegovina , and Montenegro to the southwest ; it also claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo . ___MASK84___ numbers around 7 million residents , and its capital , Belgrade , ranks among the largest cities in Southeast Europe . Bessarabia (; " Bessarabiya "; " Besarabiya ") is a historical region in Eastern Europe , bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west . Today Bessarabia is mostly occupied by modern - day ___MASK86___ , with the Ukrainian Budjak region covering the southern coastal region and part of the Ukrainian Chernivtsi Oblast covering a small area in the north . A province is almost always an administrative division , within a country or state . The term derives from the ancient Roman " provincia ", which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the ___MASK77___ ' s territorial possessions outside ___MASK22___ . The term province has since been adopted by many countries , and in those with no actual provinces , it has come to mean " outside the capital city ". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers , others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities . Many have their own powers independent of federal authority , especially in ___MASK90___ . In other countries , like ___MASK15___ , provinces are the creation of central government , with very little autonomy . ___MASK91___ or Walachia (; archaic : ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet : ) is a historical and geographical region of ___MASK74___ . It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians . ___MASK91___ is traditionally divided into two sections , Muntenia ( Greater ___MASK91___ ) and Oltenia ( Lesser ___MASK91___ ). ___MASK91___ as a whole is sometimes referred to as Muntenia through identification with the larger of the two traditional sections . ___MASK74___ is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe . It borders the Black Sea , Bulgaria , Ukraine , Hungary , Serbia , and Moldova . It has an area of and a temperate - continental climate . With 19 . 94 million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU . Voivode ( Old Slavic , literally " war - leader " or " war - lord ") as a Slavic title originally denoted the principal commander of a military force . It derives from the word " vojevoda ", which in early Slavic meant the " bellidux ", i . e . the military commander of an area , but it usually had a greater meaning . In Byzantine times it referred to mainly military commanders of Slavic populations , especially in the Balkans . In medieval ___MASK84___ it meant a high - ranking official and - before the Ottoman conquest in the 15th century - the commander of a military area . During Ottoman times , Voivode was the title borne by the ruler of a province , whose powers included the administration , security and tax collection under a special regime . According to the chronicle of the Voutsas monastery , the Slavic title of  voivode , which prevailed in certain areas of Epirus and Thessaly before the Ottoman conquest , used to denote the leader of a Vlach community or family . The same title was borne by the Ottoman official who oversaw the  Chora Metzovo  each time . The word gradually came to denote the governor of a province . A governor is , in most cases , a public official with the power to govern the executive branch of a non - sovereign or sub - national level of government , ranking under the head of state . In federations , " governor " may be the title of a ___MASK45___ who governs a constituent state and may be either appointed or elected . The power of the individual governor can vary dramatically between political systems , with some governors having only nominal and largely ceremonial power , while others having a complete control over the entire government .