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	Principality of Moldavia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moldavia, (Romanian: Moldova, Turkish: Bogdan) was a medieval principality on the lower Danube river which, along with Wallachia, formed the basis for the modern Romanian state.
		The political entity known as Moldavia was founded in the mid-14th century by the Vlach leader Dragoş of Maramureş, who had been ordered by the Hungarian king to establish a defence line for the Kingdom of Hungary against the Tatars.
		In 1859 (formally in 1861) the Principality of Moldavia united with the Principality of Wallachia by the election of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Wallachia and Moldavia, laying the foundations for modern Romania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moldavia (534 words)

	History of Moldova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moldavia succumbed to Ottoman power, in 1512 becoming a vassal of the empire for the next 300 years.
		In 1859 Moldavia united with Wallachia by the election of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Wallachia and Moldavia, laying the foundations for modern Romania.
		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.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Moldova (2362 words)

	History - Moldova - Europe
		Along with the principality of Walachia to the southwest, Moldavia was one of two principal regions inhabited by Romanian-speaking peoples (sometimes known as Vlachs).
		Moldavia was bordered to the southwest by Walachia, a feudal state that Basarab had unified in about 1310.
		Moldavia united with independent Walachia in 1859, when assemblies of both principalities elected a single leader, Alexandru Ion Cuza, as their prince.
	www.countriesquest.com /europe/moldova/history.htm (2280 words)

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		It's been a long and bloody journey from the principality of Moldavia to the republic of Moldova, and it seems fitting that the flag includes a band of red signifying the blood spilled in defending the country.
		During the mid-14th century, under the leadership of Stefan cel Mare (or Stephen the Great), the principality of Moldavia flourished, but by the time his son succeeded him the Turkish army had become too strong, and Moldavia was subsumed under the Ottoman Empire.
		The consequent Sovietisation of Moldavia included the deportation of over 25,000 ethnic Moldavians to Siberia and Kazakstan, the closing of Jewish synagogues, the outlawing of religious ceremonies and the imposition of the Cyrillic script on the Latin-based Romanian alphabet.
	users.lmi.net /ewadopt/moldova_history.html (974 words)

	THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
		The Armenian community in Moldavia is old indeed; it had begun to settle in the area even before the foundation of the principality and played a major role in the development of the state, its trade and its towns.
		Moldavia’s ports (with large Armenian communities) were also to fall to the Turks in 1484, in spite of Stephen’s efforts to defend them.
		The communities in Wallachia and Moldavia increased their numbers and new churches were built — such as the church of the Trinity in Botosani or St Simon's church in Suceava — or renovated: the old churches in Botosani, Iasi, Roman, the churches of Zamca Monastery.
	www.personal.ceu.hu /students/02/Leon_Stacescu/ARMENIANCHURCH.htm (2945 words)

	Principality of Moldavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Moldavia merged with Wallachia in 1859 and the name Romania was applied to the country in 1862.
		The Bessarabia portion of the principality was integrated into the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became the countries of Moldova and Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
		For Moldavia the most important symbol has always been the wild ox head, which is still to be found on the flag of the new Moldavian republic (Moldova).
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/ro-mold.html (837 words)

	Moldova - A bit of history
		The Principality of Moldavia Historically, Moldavia was founded by Prince Bogdan during the midfourteenth century.
		At that time, Moldavia had been in existence for almost five hundred years and her eastern boundary had been the Dnestr for all this time.'4 Moderate Russians themselves considered that Russia had reached its "natural" frontiers at the Dnestr and should not waste men and resources for expansion beyond it.
		Moldavia was small and could not withstand Russia by herself either, so she had to accept the loss of her eastern half.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /dreico/ilascu.org/moldova.htm (11313 words)

	Moldavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Moldavia was a principality of Romania, originally created in the Middle Ages.
		A union between Moldavia and Romania was confirmed by the Treaty of Paris (1920), but this was not recognised by the Soviet Union.
		In 1991, the Moldavian SSR declared independence under the name "Moldova." The names "Moldavia" and "Moldova" descend from the old German "Molde", maening "open-pit mine", reflective of a strong early presence of imported German miners and a once-vital mining industry.
	www.termsdefined.net /mo/moldavia.html (381 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rumania
		During the tenth and eleventh centuries small principalities called Banats were formed in the territory of ancient Dacia; those which extended from Transylvania northwards and westwards to the valley of the Theiss came gradually under the sway of the Magyars, while those extending eastwards and southwards from the Carpathians maintained their independence.
		Both these Rumanian principalities had to contend with great difficulties from their foundation: on the one hand their independence was threatened by the neighbouring kingdoms of Hungary and Poland, while on the other domestic quarrels and a want of unity between the kindred principalities lessened their strength.
		Moldavia had to bear the cost of the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-12, the eastern portion of the country between the Pruth and the Dniester (Bessarabia) being ceded by Turkey to Russia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13224b.htm (4370 words)

	Principality of Wallachia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The area was under Russian protectorate until 1856 and in 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldavia to form the state of Romania.
		The flag of the principality's army (that has to be considered also the princely standard and state flag) consisted of three horizontal stripes, red, blue and yellow, the uppermost red stripe was wider than the other two (2:1:1).
		But in July of the same year "...because until now it was not clear how to make national flags..." the same government stated that "...the national flag is a vertical tricolour dark blue, dark yellow and carmine red: the blue at the hoist, the yellow in the middle and the red at the fly.".
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/ro-wall.html (884 words)

	Encyclopedia: Moldova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine.
		The principality became tributary to the Ottoman Empire during 16th century, following the Treaty of Bucharest in 1812, it was annexed by Russia as Bessarabia.
		The western part of Moldavia remained an autonomous principality and united with Wallachia to form the Old Kingdom of Romania in 1859.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Moldova (5450 words)

	MSN Encarta - Moldova
		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).
		At its largest extent, in the Middle Ages, the principality stretched from the Dniester River in the east almost to the Carpathian Mountains in the west.
		The remainder of the historic principality of Moldavia is now part of Romania and Ukraine.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761566942 (2405 words)

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		Armenians came to Moldavia from the north and east, from Crimea, Galicia and Podolia, regions with significant Armenian population and active Armenian trade centers.
		Armenians from Suceava fled to Transylvania and Galicia.
		The monastery was the main residence of the Armenian bishops in Moldavia.
	www.personal.ceu.hu /students/02/Leon_Stacescu/rh.htm (9682 words)

	BESSARABIA FACTS AND INFORMATION
		After the 1343 and the defeat of Mongols, the region was included in the principality of Moldavia, which by 1392 established control over the fortresses of Cetatea AlbÄ and Chilia, its eastern border becoming the river Dnister (Nistru in Romanian).
		In the 15th_century, the entire region was a part of the principality of Moldavia.
		In 1538, the central and northern parts of Bessarabia, as part of the principality of Moldavia was formally a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.
	www.palfacts.com /Bessarabia (2512 words)

	Moldova
		The old medieval principality of Moldavia had a red military flag with a bison's (not ox's, as you think) head in the center.
		During the plenary session of the Parliament of Moldavia held on 29 September 2000, there was a harsh debate on the use of the Romanian language in the media.
		Article 203/2 of the Penal Code of Moldavia says that desecration of national symbols of the Moldavian 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.
	flagspot.net /flags/md.html (2003 words)

	Romanian Flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Moldavia's coat of arms appears in the second quarter: a sable-colored auroch head with a star between its horns, accompanied by a five-petaled rose and a waning crescent, both argent.
		It is believed that Bogdan I, founder of the independent Romanian state of Moldavia (1359-65), was the first to adopt a royal standard of red with an auroch head appearing in yellow on the recto while the verso represented St. George slaying the dragon.
		These two flags of Moldavia, currently located in the Bucharest Museum, date from the 15th and 16th centuries and show two of the three Romanian colors and the auroch head.
	www.fp.ucalgary.ca /schnell/Romanian%20Flags.htm (868 words)

	Walachia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Transylvanian Alps separate it in the NW from Transylvania and the Banat; the Danube separates it from Serbia in the west, Bulgaria in the south, and N Dobruja in the east; in the northeast it adjoins Moldavia.
		Like Moldavia, it was torn by strife among the great landowners (or boyars) and among rival claimants to the throne; lawlessness prevailed.
		Russian troops occupied (1853) Walachia and Moldavia early in the Crimean War; however, to purchase Austrian neutrality, they evacuated the lands in 1854, and the two Danubian Principalities (as Walachia and Moldavia were called) passed under Austrian occupation.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wa/Walachia.html (744 words)

	country moldova history
		During the mid-14th century, under the leadership of Stewfan cel Mare (or Stephen the Great), the principality of Moldavia flourished, but by tje time his son succeeded him the Turkish army had become too strong, and Moldavia was subsumed under the Ottoman Empire.
		In 1812 hostilities between Turket and Russia were temporarily suspended by the signing of the Buharest Treaty, which gave the eastern half of Moldavia to the Russians (who renamed the region Bessarabia) and the rest of Moldavia and Wallachia to Romania.
		The consequent Sovietisation of Moldavia included the deportation of over 25,000 ethnic Moldavians ro Siberia and Kazakstan, the closing of Jewish synagoges, the outlawing of religious ceremonies and the imposotion of the Cyrillic script on the Latin-based Romanian alphabet.
	www.acd-systems.co.uk /milaliles.com/History.htm (891 words)

	moldavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the centuries before Moldavia was founded the northern regions were probably populated by a mixture of...
		The eastern border of Romanian Moldavia is the Prut River, which divides it from the Republic of Moldova...
		Moldavia was part of the Kievan state from the 9th to...
	www.nieddu.biz /romania/moldavia+.cgi (560 words)

	Iaşi on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		346,577), E Romania, in Moldavia, near the Republic of Moldova.
		Iaşi is the administrative and commercial center of a fertile agricultural region.
		In 1565, Iaşi succeeded Suceava as the capital of the Romanian principality of Moldavia, a position it held until Moldavia and Walachia were united in 1859.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Iasi.asp (201 words)

	Results for Moldavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Principality of Moldavia, before the union with Wallachia, highlighted in orange · Enlarge...
		In the centuries before Moldavia was founded the northern regions were...
		County of Suceava, Region of Moldavia N47 44 E25 56 ref: 598...
	www.gogoglo.com /buscar/search/Moldavia (187 words)

	A short history of Moldova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		An independent principality of Moldavia emerges briefly in the 14th century under celebrated leader Stefan the Great, but subsequently comes comes under Ottoman rule in the early sixteenth century.
		After the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-12, the eastern half of Moldavia (Bessarabia) between the Prut and the Dniester Rivers is ceded to Russia, while Moldavia west of the Prut, remains with the Turks.
		In 1990 Mircea Snegur is elected president of Moldavia by the parliament.
	www.electionworld.org /history/moldova.htm (556 words)

	Moldavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Moldavia is the eastern part of Romania, between the Meridionali Carpathians and the Borders.
		Quite impressive are the five strongly fortified monasteries, the churches of which, erected in the 15th-16th centuries, were painted in the 16th century with outer frescoes which are unique in Europe.
		They are the monasteries of Voronet ("the Sistine Chapel of the East"), Arbore, Humor, Moldovita and Sucevita, some of the founded by Stephen the Great and Petru Rares, famous rulers of the Principality of Moldavia.
	www2.arnes.si /~oskrgvas1t/nina/Moldavia.html (137 words)

	History of Bukovina, Dr. Sophie A. Welisch (publ 2002)
		The actual founder of the Principality of Moldavia was Bodgan I from neighboring Maramoros, who established a seat of power in Suczawa.
		In the last three decades of the seventeenth century Moldavia served as a battlefield between Turks and Poles and in the early eighteenth century even hosted the army of Charles XII of Sweden, routed after sustaining a number of military setbacks at the hands of Russia's Peter the Great.
		As a vassal state under Turkish rule the Principality was repeatedly subjected to religious and political strife, war and the threat of war, and proverbial Ottoman mismanagement.
	www.bukovinasociety.org /Welisch-2002-1.html (6629 words)

	History of Moldova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The region came under Hungarian suzerainty until an independent Moldovan principality was established by Prince Bogdan in 1349.
		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.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/History-of-Moldova.htm (2335 words)

	Russification and Ethnic Consciousness of Romanians in Bessarabia (1812 to 1991)
		The Principality of Moldavia was established also in part to protect Hungary's eastern borders from the barbarians (Mongolians in the 13th century) in the steppes east of the Dnestr river.
		In the middle ages, the neighbors of Moldavia were Poland in the north, Hungary in the west, Wallachia and Ottoman Turks in the south, the latter of which were a constant threat, and the Tatars in the east, whom they had to defend the Dnestr border against.
		The problem that many ethnic Romanians in the Republic of Moldavia face now, is that they have not properly learned their mother tongue, or have forgotten it.
	www.east-west-wg.org /cst/cst-mold/bessara.html (4203 words)

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