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6 days ago · Moldova, country lying in the northeastern corner of the Balkan region of Europe. This region was an integral part of the Romanian principality of Moldavia until 1812, when it was ceded to Russia. Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it declared its independence and took the name Moldova.
3 days ago · Due to its strategic location on a route between Asia and Europe, the territory of modern Moldova experienced many invasions in late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, notably by Goths, Huns, Avars, Bulgars, Magyars, Pechenegs, Cumans, Mongols and Tatars .
3 days ago · The unification of Moldova and Romania is a popular concept in the two countries that began during the Revolutions of 1989. The Romanian Revolution in 1989 and the independence of Moldova in 1991 further contributed to the development of a movement for the unification of the two Romanian-speaking countries.
Apr 9, 2024 · Stephen (born c. 1435—died July 2, 1504) was the voivod (prince) of Moldavia (1457–1504), who won renown in Europe for his long resistance to the Ottoman Turks. With the help of the Walachian prince Vlad III the Impaler, Stephen secured the throne of Moldavia in 1457.
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4 days ago · Founded in 1436 as a monastery village, the city was part of the Principality of Moldavia (which, starting with the 16th century became a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, but still retaining its autonomy). At the beginning of the 19th century Chișinău was a small town of 7,000 inhabitants.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Background. The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia -- for centuries under the control of the Turkish Ottoman Empire -- secured their autonomy through the Treaty of Paris in 1856. They were de facto linked in 1859 and formally united in 1862 under the new name of Romania.
Apr 10, 2024 · Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza (born March 10, 1833, Miclăuşeni, Moldavia [now in Romania]—died Oct. 21, 1914, Bucharest, Rom.) was a Romanian statesman who four times served as prime minister of Romania and played a prominent role in national affairs from preunification days until just after the peasant uprising of 1907.
