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ªtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) was a voivod (prince) of Moldova (Moldavia)
(1457-1504),
who was renown in Europe for his ...
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs is the central body which promotes the State’s policy in the area of foreign relations and conducts
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HISTORY
The Republic of
Moldova is a small country, favorably situated in the South Eastern part of Europe, neighboring Romania to the
West and Ukraine to the East. This piece of land boasts a rich history, abundant in dramatic and agitated events.
From the XIV century it was a part of the Moldova Principality, situated between Oriental Carpathians and the
Nistru river, in the north bounded by Hotin, and in the South – by the Low Danube and the Black Sea.
Following the Peace concluded in Bucharest, in 1812, a part of this territory was asigned to Czarist Russia,
which called it Basarabia - an older name, earlier attributed to the southern part. The aim was to identify
this territory as a separate geographic entity from the Moldova Principality.
The Independence of the Democratic Republic of Moldova was proclaimed in January 1918. And later, on March
27 1918 it was decided to re-unite it with Romania. The next annexure process took place in 1940, following
the Molotov - Ribbentrop summit. According to this Basarabia became part of the USSR and was proclaimed as
the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldavia. It comprised only nine Basarabian counties and six districts from
the left bank of the Nistru River. The present territory of Moldova is smaller compared to the area
attributed to Russian authorities in 1812, since the North Hotin, Acherman and the southern Ismail were
given up in 1940 by the Soviet authorities to Ukraine.
Due to the restructuring process that started in the Central and Eastern Europe, in June 1990 Moldova
proclaimed its sovereignty, and on August 27, 1991 – its State Independence. In March 2, 1992, the
Republic of Moldova became a member of the United Nations.
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