The history of Moldova can be traced to the 1350s,when the Principality of Moldavia,the medieval precursor of modern Moldova and Romania,was founded. The principality was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1538 until the 19th century. In 1812,following one of several Russian–Turkish wars,the eastern half of the principality,Bessarabia,was annexed by the Russian Empire. In 1918,Bessarabia briefly became independent as the Moldavian Democratic Republic and,following the decision of the Parliament,united with Romania. During the Second World War it was occupied by the Soviet Union which reclaimed it from Romania. It joined the Union as the Moldavian ASSR,until the dissolution of the USSR. In 1991 the country declared independence as the Republic of Moldova.
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR,also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic,Moldovan SSR,or simply Moldavia or Moldova,was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 from parts of Bessarabia,a region annexed from Romania on 28 June of that year,and parts of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,an autonomous Soviet republic within the Ukrainian SSR.
”Moldova Sovietică” was the regional anthem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic,a constituent republic of the Soviet Union.
Mircea Snegur was a Moldovan agronomist and politician who served as the first president of Moldova from 1990 to 1997. Before that,he served as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 1989 to 1990 and chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 27 April to 3 September 1990.
Petru Lucinschi is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President from 1997 to 2001. He currently serves as the founder and head of the Lucinschi Foundation of Strategic Studies and International Relations.
The Communist Party of Moldavia was the ruling and the sole legal political party in the Moldavian SSR,and one of the fifteen republic-level parties that formed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. During World War II,it was the driving force of the Moldovan resistance against Axis occupation.
The Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,shortened to Moldavian ASSR,was an autonomous republic of the Ukrainian SSR between 12 October 1924 and 2 August 1940,encompassing the modern territory of Transnistria as well as much of the present-day Podilsk Raion of Ukraine. It was an artificial political creation inspired by the Bolshevik nationalities policy in the context of the loss of larger Bessarabia to Romania in April 1918. In such a manner,the Bolshevik leadership tried to radicalize pro-Soviet feelings in Bessarabia with a goal to return it in the presence of favorable conditions and creation of geopolitical "place d'armes" (bridgehead) to execute a breakthrough in the Balkan direction by projecting influence upon Romanian Bessarabia,which was eventually occupied and annexed in 1940 after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
Moldovenism is a term used to refer to the political support and promotion of a Moldovan identity and culture,including a Moldovan language,independent from those of any other ethnic group,the Romanians in particular. It is primarily used as a pejorative by the opponents of such ideas as part of the wider controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova.
This is the history of Transnistria,officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR),an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester river and the Moldovan–Ukrainian border,as well as some land on the other side of the river's bank.
The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (PMSSR),also commonly known as Soviet Transnistria or simply as Transnistria,was created on the eastern periphery of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (MSSR) in 1990 by pro-Soviet separatists who hoped to remain within the Soviet Union when it became clear that the MSSR would achieve independence from the USSR and possibly unite with Romania. The PMSSR was never recognised as a Soviet republic by the authorities in either Moscow or Chișinău. In 1991,the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic succeeded the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova.
A controversy exists over the national identity and name of the native language of the main ethnic group in Moldova. The issue more frequently disputed is whether Moldovans constitute a subgroup of Romanians or a separate ethnic group. While there is wide agreement about the existence of a common language,the controversy persists about the use of the term "Moldovan language" in certain political contexts.
Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul was a Soviet and Moldovan politician prominent in the Moldavian SSR,particularly during the Brezhnev era.
Nikita Leontyevich Salogor was a Moldavian and Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (PCM) in 1942–1946. Of Romanian Ukrainian or Moldovan roots,he had a kulak mother,whom he openly denounced later in life. Salogor's early career was in agricultural institutions of the Ukrainian SSR and the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,where he also advanced politically. Following the Soviet advance into Bessarabia in 1940,he joined the leadership of the Moldavian SSR. Immediately promoted to Junior Secretary of the PCM,he was co-opted on its Politburo in early 1941,and took part in a workforce recruitment drive,which is described by historian Ion Varta as connected to the deportation of native Romanians.
The following is timeline of the History of independent Moldova which started after the independence of Moldova.
Igor Cașu is a historian from the Republic of Moldova.
The Tenth Five-Year Plan,or the 10th Five-Year Plan of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR),was a set of goals designed to strengthen the country's economy between 1976 and 1980. The plan was presented by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin at the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Officially the plan was normally referred to as "The Plan of Quality and Efficiency".
Kirill Fyodorovich Ilyashenko was a Moldavian politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 1963 to 1980. He served the longest as Chairman of the Presidium,serving a total of 17 years.
Greater Moldova or Greater Moldavia is an irredentist concept today used for the credence that the Republic of Moldova should be expanded with lands that used to belong to the Principality of Moldavia or were once inside its political orbit. Historically,it also meant the unification of the lands of the former principality under either Romania or the Soviet Union. Territories cited in such proposals always include Western Moldavia and the whole of Bessarabia,as well as Bukovina and the Hertsa region;some versions also feature parts of Transylvania,while still others include areas of Podolia,or Pokuttia in its entirety. In its most post-Soviet iterations,"Greater Moldova" is associated with a belief that Moldovans are a distinct people from Romanians,and that they inhabit parts of Romania and Ukraine. It is a marginal position within the Moldovan identity disputes,corresponding to radical forms of an ideology polemically known as "Moldovenism".
The Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania is a public holiday of Romania celebrated every 27 March to commemorate the union of Bessarabia with Romania on 27 March 1918. Bessarabia is a Romanian historical region that was part of the Principality of Moldavia,which united with Wallachia to form modern Romania. The region was annexed in 1812 by the Russian Empire,but it became independent and united with Romania on 27 March 1918.
