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  History of Moldova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moldova's Latin origins can be traced to the period of Roman occupation of nearby Dacia (in present-day Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia), ca.
World War II Formerly ruled by Romania as part of the principality of Moldavia, Eastern Moldova was occupied by the Soviet Union (with consent from Nazi Germany) in 1940 as a consequence of a secret protocol attached to the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact.
The Soviet Union was falling apart quickly, and Moldova had to rely on itself to prevent the spread of violence from the "Dnestr Republic" to the rest of the country.
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 MSN Encarta - Moldova
Moldova is bordered on the north, east, and south by Ukraine and on the west by Romania.
Present-day Moldova comprises a large part of the eastern half of the historic principality of Moldavia (the principality is generally known by the Westernized form of the name).
Moldova has survived many of the most severe hardships of its transformation to a free-market economy; however, the country’s economic vitality remains highly dependent upon the size of its crop harvest.
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 Moldova  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Moldova, republic in southeastern Europe, bordered on the north, east, and south by Ukraine and on the west by Romania.
The terrain of Moldova is primarily a hilly plain interspersed with deep river valleys.
The hills in the central portion of Moldova are densely forested, mostly with oak and hornbeam trees.
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 Moldova. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the north and east, the Dniester River forms its approximate boundary with Ukraine, on which it also borders in the south; in the east there is a narrow strip of Moldovan terrritory between the Dniester and the Ukraine border (the predominantly Russian and Ukrainian Trans-Dniester Region).
Moldova’s fertile soil supports wheat, corn, barley, tobacco, sugar beets, soybeans, and sunflowers, as well as extensive fruit orchards, vineyards, and walnut groves.
In Aug., 1991, Moldova, which is the Romanian name of the region, was declared an independent republic; Mircea Snegur was elected president, and it reluctantly joined the Russian-dominated Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
www.bartleby.com /65/mo/Moldova.html   (1001 words)

  
 Moldovan History
Bessarabia, the land between the Prut and the Nistru rivers, is predominantly ethnic Romanian in population and constitutes the eastern half of a region historically known as Moldova.
Moldova’s Latin origins can be traced to the period of Roman occupation of Dacian lands and establishment of the province of Dacia (territory of the present-day Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia), ca.
On April 4, 2001, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova elected Vladimir Voronin, the leader of the Communist Party of Moldova (CPM), the President of the Republic.
www.geocities.com /ethnomuseum/history.html   (2453 words)

  
 Asconi Fine Wines - About Moldova
The Republic of Moldova is an independent state in southeastern Europe, bordered on the north, east, and south by Ukraine and on the west by Romania.
The Republic of Moldova was formerly the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (MSSR) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Moldova had the highest population density of any republic of the former USSR and was also one of the least urbanized republics.
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 Moldova - GEOGRAPHY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Geologically, Moldova lies primarily on deep sedimentary rock that gives way to harder crystalline outcroppings only in the north, where higher elevations are found on the margins of the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains.
The lower reaches of the Prut River and the southern river valleys are saline marshes.
Moldova's main river, the Nistru, is navigable throughout almost the entire country, and in warmer winters it does not freeze over.
countrystudies.us /moldova/11.htm   (353 words)

  
 Search Results for "Moldova"
Moldova 1990, June 23 Moldavia declared its sovereignty and asserted the supremacy of the Moldavian constitution and laws throughout the republic, now called Moldova....
Moldova (mol-DOH-vuh) Republic in eastern Europe, bordered by Ukraine to the north and east, the Black Sea to the south, and Romania to the west.
It is bounded by the Dniester River on the north and...
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 Moldova --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It is bordered by Ukraine on the north, east, and south and Romania on the west, the Prut River forming the western boundary.
A landlocked republic of the extreme northeastern Balkans, Moldova borders Ukraine on the north, northeast, and southeast and Romania on the west.
The Dniester, or Dnestr, River is the second longest river in Ukraine and the main water artery of Moldova.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9110566?&query=moldova   (775 words)

  
 Moldova’s International Cooperation for Environmental Protection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
REC - Moldova was created by the Decision of the Moldovan Government no. 1071 as of October 22nd, 1998 according to the agreement signed on July 15th, 1998 at Brussels by the Government of Moldova and the European Commission.
Moldova does not have a specific law on biological and/or landscape diversity, but a law on protected areas was approved in February 1998.
Moldova became the party to the Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals on April 1st, 2001 ratifying the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds and the Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe and signing the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Conservation Measures for the Great Bustard.
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 Sightseeings of Moldova
Moldova was one of the fifteen republics that made up the former Soviet Union.
The sovereign independent state of Moldova occupies a territory of 33,843 sq km and is geographically located in the Southeastern part of Europe.
In the North, East and South it is bordered by Ukraine and in the West the Prut river separates Moldova from Romania.
www.logisticsmoldova.com /about   (220 words)

  
 Moldova Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As an imperial border state (once again), Moldova was subject to frequent incursions by neighbouring powers, mainly the Russians who finally took over Moldova in 1792 under the terms of the treaty of Iasi.
By 1861, Moldova had assumed its present form, including the sliver of land known as Transdnistria, to the east of the Dniester River and stretching east as far as the Romanian border (the territory went through more divisions, reallocations and occupation in the period up to 1945).
Moldova next experienced a period of independence in 1918, in the course of the Russian Revolution, and then voted to become part of Romania.
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 About Moldova
The Republic of Moldova (known also as Bessarabia, lately Moldavia) has a population of 4,762,000, which makes it, four size, the most densely populated of all countries in the former USSR.
Moldova is the second smallest of the former Soviet states with 33,700km2.
Chisinau straddles the Bik River, a tributary of the Nistru River.
www.moldova.org /pagini/eng/1/1   (274 words)

  
 Moldova (08/05)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-12, the eastern half of Moldova (Bessarabia) between the Prut and the Dniester Rivers was ceded to Russia, while Romanian Moldavia (west of the Prut) remained with the Turks.
In May 2003, Ukraine and Moldova reached an agreement under which Ukraine would no longer recognize Moldova's obsolete customs stamps, which were still being used by the Transnistrians; in reality, however, the Moldovans exercise little control over their border with Ukraine and illegal trade remains an issue in the region.
Moldova's Parliament approved the country's membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States and a CIS charter on economic union in April 1994.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5357.htm   (3649 words)

  
 Republic of Moldova - heraldry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After the Ottoman invasion, Moldova lost its independemce and became a sort of self-ruled province and its rulers (Gospodars) were appointed by Ottomans.
During the plenary session of the Parliament of Moldova held on 29 September 2000, there was a harsh debate on the use of the Romanian language in the medias.
Article 203/2 of the Penal Code of Moldova says that desecration of national symbols of the Moldovan state or other states by people having official positions shall be punished by destitution, 3 to 7 years in jail or a fine equivalent to 80 average salaries.
moldova.go.ro /pagini/heraldica/rmoldova.htm   (1603 words)

  
 The archeological complex Old Orhei
The Northern part of the promontory is a high hill with steep, inaccessible verge edges, which southwards and eastwards descends to a slope becoming the meadow of the Raut river, guarded by the rocky sides of the Butuceni promontory from the opposite bank of Raut.
The highway crosses the territory of the headland from the west to the east, descending gradually to a Ferro-concrete bridge on the eastern side of the Trebujeni village.
The passage is guarded in the east by the canyon of the Raut River, nearby the Trebujeni village, and in the west - by the canyon of a left Raut’s tributary nearby the Morovaia village.
www.moldova.org /pagini/eng/103/112   (1307 words)

  
 Moldova - Early History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Originally called Bogdania, the principality stretched from the Carpathian Mountains to the Nistru River and was later renamed Moldova, after the Moldova River in present-day Romania.
During the second half of the fifteenth century, all of southeastern Europe came under increasing pressure from the Ottoman Empire, and despite significant military victories by Stephen the Great (Stefan cel Mare, 1457-1504), Moldova succumbed to Ottoman power in 1512 and was a tributary state of the empire for the next 300 years.
And in the same year, Alexandru Ioan Cuza was elected prince of Walachia and the part of Moldova that lay west of the Prut River, laying the foundations of modern Romania.
countrystudies.us /moldova/3.htm   (340 words)

  
 Transdniester
Moldova has sought peaceful solutions to its ethnic and security problems, including offering the largely Russian population of the separatist Transdniester region broad autonomy.
In 1992, Moldova and Transdniester fought a short war that ended with a Russia-mediated settlement enforced by Russian troops already stationed in the region.
Trans-Dniester Moldavian Republic is situated between the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Ukraine.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/transdniester.htm   (631 words)

  
 Information on Macedonia World Baptist Mission's ministry in Europe, especially Moldova   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The chief legislative body in Moldova is the Parliament, a unicameral assembly of 104 deputies.
The history of Moldova is complicated by the fact that the republics present-day territory was not called Moldova or Moldavia until 1940.
For centuries the name Moldova referred to a larger area encompassing Bessarabia and stretching from the Black Sea in the south to Bukovina, a former province of Romania, in the north, and from the Siret River in the west to the Dnestr in the east.
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 Reizen naar Moldavië - Vakantie in Moldavië - www.reiswijs.nl
In 1711 Balti was the location for the alliance of the headquarters staffs of the Ruler of Moldova Dmitrie Cantemir and Russian tzar Petru I, during the "Prut' Campaign" against Turkish janisaries.
In the Republic of Moldova the hunting of stags, roe deer, wild boar and foxes is permitted under license from "Moldsilva" State Forest Agency in Chisenau
Nature is very generous in Moldova, offering plentiful grapes, fruits, vegetables, meat and milk products and cereals, all of which have found their uses in Moldova's national food.
www.reiswijs.nl /landeninfo/europa/moldavie/moldavie.html   (1461 words)

  
 Moldavia biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a principality of Romania, originally created in the Middle Ages.
It was situated between the Carpathian Mountains and the Prut River.
The names "Moldavia" and "Moldova" are derived from the name of the Moldova river, however the etymology is not known and there are several variants:
moldavia.biography.ms   (261 words)

  
 History of Moldova   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After Russian's defeat in the Crimean War (1853-1856), the Treaty of Paris stipulated that Moldavia and Wallachia were to be placed under the collective guarantee of the seven powers that signed the treaty, as well as the retrocession to Moldova of Southern Bessarabia (Ismail, Bolgrad, Kahul counties).
Several southern regions and access points to the Black Sea through the mouth of the Danube River (the city of Izmail) and Nistru estuary (the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovs%27kyi) were ceded to Ukraine, leaving the Moldavian SSR landlocked.
Although independent from the USSR since 1991, Russian forces have remained on territory east of the Nistru (Dnister) River supporting the Slavic majority population (mostly Ukrainians, Russians and Bulgarians) in that region who have proclaimed a "Transnistria" republic on the former territory of Moldavian Autonomous SSR.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/History-of-Moldova.htm   (2335 words)

  
 Moldova   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The regulation on flag of Moldova was adopted on 27 April, 1990.
The national flag of the Republic of Moldova - the tricolour - is a rectangular panel consisting of three equal, vertical stripes arranged in the following sequence from the pole: dark-blue (azure), yellow and red.
This site from the President of the Republic of Moldova (http://presedinte.md/simb.php?lang=engandpage=702) has a fl and white construction sheet, but the thing that is not listed in many sources, the reverse has no arms on the back.
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The general landform is a relatively narrow river valley with adjoining river terraces and in some places, river-cliffs intersected by ravines.
The river channel is rather sinuous, with a width of about 60-80 m, and depth around 2-4 m.
Ten villages are situated within the site, mainly in the river valley, along the lower part of the slopes that serve as the eastern boundary and buffer zone of the site.
www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Moldova/MD001D02.doc   (909 words)

  
 Trans-Dniester Region
Trans-Dniester Region or Transnistria,region in E Moldova, between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border.
The Trans-Dniester Region of Moldova is populated by a Russian and Ukrainian majority that objects to Moldovan-Romanian rapprochement.
Moldova: History - History A historic passageway between Asia and S Europe, Moldova was often subject to invasion and...
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 Moldova - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is bound by Ukraine to the north, east and south, and Romania to the west.
Literacy; N/A. On Aug. 27, 1991 Moldova declared its independence, although prior to independence its history was closely tied with that of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
In Jan. 1992 Moldova became a founding member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) while during the first half of the year spasmodic fighting erupted between the Moldovan Army and Russian and Ukrainian separatists from the region to the east of the Dniester River.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/moldova.htm   (1461 words)

  
 Search Results for Dniester - Encyclopædia Britannica
river of southwestern Ukraine and of Moldova, rising on the north side of the Carpathian Mountains and flowing south and east for 840 miles (1,352 km) to the Black Sea near Odessa.
It extends from the crestline of the Carpathian Mountains, across the upper Dniester River valley and the Roztochchya Upland to the Bug River basin.
Moldova: vineyard and orchard in the Dniester River valley
www.britannica.com /search?query=Dniester&submit=Find&source=MWTAB   (311 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Russia has pledged to complete the withdrawal of its more than 2,000 troops and 40,000 tons of armaments from former Soviet Moldova by the end of this year and has already moved three trainloads of Russian weapons from the region.
Prague, 22 January 2002 (RFE/RL) -- Officials in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region have blocked Russia's arms pullout from the territory they control and prevented a team of international observers from visiting a Russian army ammunitions depot in the region.
Matti Sidoroff, spokesman for the OSCE mission in Moldova, told RFE/RL today that the OSCE's military monitors had been invited by the Russian army to inspect a new round of arms withdrawals.
www.rferl.org /features/2002/01/22012002085740.asp   (1023 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch: Europe and Central Asia : Moldova   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Moldova signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997.
This report covers a broad spectrum of human rights abuses that occurred in the region of the Dniester River in Moldova.
The most egregious are those committed in connection with the armed conflict that erupted in the first half of 1992, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian structures and extrajudicial killings.
www.hrw.org /europe/moldova.php   (263 words)

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