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Moldavia
Moldavia , historic Romanian province (c.14,700 sq mi/38,100 sq km), extending from the Carpathians in Romania east to the Dnieper River in Moldova . Land and Economy Moldavia borders on Ukraine in the northeast and on Walachia in the south. In Romania it comprises roughly the modern ad... Read more
Roman
Roman town (1990 pop. 78,749), NE Romania, in Moldavia, at the confluence of the Prut and Siretul rivers. Sugar refining and the manufacture of building materials are the chief industries. The town was founded in the late 14th cent. by the ruling prince of Moldavia. ... Read more
Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti or Hypsilanti , prominent Greek family of Phanariots (see under Phanar ). An early distinguished member, Alexander Ypsilanti, c.1725-c.1807, was dragoman (minister) of the Ottoman emperor and hospodar (governor) of Walachia (1774-82, 1796-97) and of Moldavia (1786-88). Captured (179... Read more
Iaşi
Iaşi or Jassy , city (1990 pop. 346,577), E Romania, in Moldavia, near the Republic of Moldova. Iaşi is the administrative and commercial center of a fertile agricultural region. Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and textiles are produced. In 1565, Iaşi succeeded Suceava as th... Read more
Alexander John Cuza
Alexander John Cuza , or Alexander John I, 1820-73, first prince of Romania (1859-66), b. Moldavia. An officer who participated in the 1848 revolution and in the political struggle for the union of the principalities, he was elected prince of both Moldavia and Walachia in 1859, and in 1862 he wa... Read more
Treaty of Adrianople
Treaty of Adrianople also called Treaty of Edirne, 1829, peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire (see Russo-Turkish Wars ). Turkey gave Russia access to the mouths of the Danube and additional territory on the Black Sea, opened the Dardanelles to all commercial vessels, granted autonomy... Read more
Suceava
Suceava , town (1990 pop. 107,988), NE Romania, in Bukovina, on the Suceava River. It is a commercial center and has industries that manufacture food products, paper, wood products, and cellulose. Suceava was the capital of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565, when it was succeeded by Iasi. A historic shrine... Read more
Walachia
Walachia or Wallachia , historic region (29,568 sq mi/76,581 sq km), S Romania. 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. ... Read more
Bacău
Bacău , city (1990 pop. 197,1921), E Romania, in Moldavia, on the Bistriţa River. The administrative and industrial center of an oil-producing region, Bacău has a papermill, textile factories, and industries that manufacture military planes. Although probably settled in the 5th cent.,... Read more
Bukovina
Bukovina , Rom. Bucovina, Ukr. Bukovyna, historic region of E Europe, in SW Ukraine and NE Romania. Traversed by the Carpathian Mts. and the upper Prut and Siretul rivers, it is heavily forested [ Bukovina means "beechwood" in Romanian] and produces timber, textiles, grain, and livestock. S... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Moldavia"

Moldavia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Dnieper River in Moldova . Land and Economy Moldavia borders on Ukraine in the northeast and...on the Danube, are the chief cities. Moldavia, a fertile plain drained by the Siretul...elements have influenced its culture. Moldavia was part of the Kievan state from the... Read more
Romania
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...ROMANIA. The principalities of Walachia and Moldavia, formed in the fourteenth century, were...princes such as Stephen the Great of Moldavia (ruled 1457 – 1504) to defend...suzerainty, Walachia between 1420 and 1480 and Moldavia between 1484 and 1498. Under the terms... Read more
Romania, Relations with
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...fourteenth centuries, the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia gained their autonomy from...marriage alliance with Steven the Great of Moldavia (1457 – 1604). His daughter, Elena...contacts encouraged Nicholas Milescu, a Moldavian boyar, to serve Tsar Alexei as ambassador... Read more
Bessarabia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...rump of what is today the Republic of Moldavia. Although the historical region of Bessarabia...formed part of the broader Principality of Moldavia, which first emerged as a distinct area...separation between Bessarabia and western Moldavia (now incorporated into Romania) came... Read more
Ypsilanti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of Walachia (1774-82, 1796-97) and of Moldavia (1786-88). Captured (1790) by the Austrians...Ypsilanti, 1760-1816, was hospodar of Moldavia (1799-1801) and became hospodar of Walachia...at Jassy (now Iaşi), the capital of Moldavia, proclaiming the independence of Greece... Read more
Walachia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the east; in the northeast it adjoins Moldavia. Bucharest , the Romanian capital, is...ethnic mixture. The sister principality, Moldavia , came into existence about the same...princes under Turkish suzerainty. Like Moldavia, it was torn by strife among the great... Read more
Stephen the Great
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition d.1504, prince of Moldavia (1457-1504). A great military and political...the army, thus creating a powerful Moldavian state that hindered the Ottoman advance...attacked and defeated Vlad in 1462. Moldavia was prey to the expansionist interests... Read more
Iaşi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Jassy , city (1990 pop. 346,577), E Romania, in Moldavia, near the Republic of Moldova. Iaşi is the...the capital of the Romanian principality of Moldavia, a position it held until Moldavia and Walachia were united in 1859. The city... Read more
Roman
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition town (1990 pop. 78,749), NE Romania, in Moldavia, at the confluence of the Prut and Siretul rivers. Sugar refining and the manufacture of building materials are the chief industries. The town was founded in the late 14th cent. by the ruling prince of Moldavia. Read more
Bucharest, Treaty of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...Catherine the Great intended to include Moldavia and Wallachia within a Dacian Kingdom...Russians demanding the whole province of Moldavia. In the end, Sir Stratford Canning, a...dynasty of Wallachia, which controlled only Moldavia's southern tier), advanced the Russian... Read more

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Moldavia
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Moldavia ( Moldova ), Romania A historic region that was once part...Russians took Bessarabia in 1812. In 1859 what remained of Moldavia, the part west of the River Prut, joined with Wallachia...Bessarabia) was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940. The present Moldavia is a region in north‐east Romania, ... Read more
Moldova
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names ...Bogdania/Bogdan‐ili, Bessarabia, Moldavia The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova...Historically, it is part of the much larger Moldavia, a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire...16th and 19th centuries. Previously the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic within the... Read more
Kantemirovka
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names ...Named after Dmitry Kantemir (1673–1723), who was born in Moldavia and became a prince of Moldavia in 1710. In 1711 he attempted, but failed, to conclude the merger of Moldavia with Russia. He fled to Russia and was awarded the title of Russian... Read more
Mold.
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations Mold. (or Moldv. ) Moldavia(n) Read more
Romania
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Romania A part of the Ottoman Empire from the fifteenth century, the independence of Moldavia and Wallachia as Romania was recognized at the Congress of Berlin in 1878. The new state was relatively weak, its administration... Read more
Roman
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Roman, Bulgaria, Romania Romania: founded by, and named after, Roman Musat, the ruling prince of Moldavia (1392–4). Read more
Bukovina
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names ...x2010;Ukraine ‘Land of the Beech Trees’ from the Slavonic buk ‘beech tree’. A principality of Moldavia in the 14th century, it only acquired its own name and identity in 1775. Two years later it was ceded by the Ottoman Turks... Read more
Gheorghiu-Dej, Gheorghe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...1965). General Secretary of the Communist Party of Romania 1945–55, First Secretary 1955–65 Born in Bîrlad (Moldavia), the electrician took employment with the railways, where he became engaged in trade-union and political activity. He joined... Read more
Paris, Congress of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...attended by Britain, Austria, Russia, Turkey, and Sardinia. It marked a defeat for Russia, which conceded part of Bessarabia to Moldavia and Wallachia in the Balkans. The revival of the Straits Convention of 1841 meant that the Black Sea was again closed to all... Read more
Velichkovsky, St Paisy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...became a monk on Mt. Athos , where he attracted other Slavs and Romanians; his community grew so large that he transferred it to Moldavia. At Dragomirna, and later at Neamţ, he organized a huge monastery modelled on the life on Mt Athos. Through his writings... Read more

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RUSSIA: RUSSIA AND MOLDAVIA TO LIMIT FREE TRADE.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 1/26/2003; 89 words ; Moldavia and Russia plan to sign a schedule of gradual withdrawal of goods from free trade in 2003, the Moldavian Economy Ministry reported. The country is hoping that...are sugar, two kinds of spirit, cigars and cigarettes. Moldavia joined the WTO in 2001; Russia is going to enter this... Read more
CYPRUS: CYPRUS, MOLDAVIA SIGN AVIATION AGREEMENT.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/17/2002; 68 words ; Cyprus and Moldavia signed earlier this week an aviation agreement to strengthen cooperation...agreement provides the framework for further cooperation between Cyprus and Moldavia in the sector of air transport and opens new perspectives for closer... Read more
Una mercancía llamada Natalia.(el tráfico de personas y la prostitución forzada en Europa)
Magazine article from: Proceso; 11/19/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...escaparse: primero de su pueblo natal, en Moldavia (Europa oriental), y luego de la muerte...ella no había sabido defenderla. En Moldavia hay un refrán muy popular que dice...fueran a Italia, a labrarse un futuro. Moldavia, en un confín de lo que fue la Uni... Read more
The endless tale: storytelling: it's events, tellers, stories, organizations, resources & points of discussion.(The Three Brothers and the Pot of Gold)(Short Story)
Magazine article from: Sing Out!; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; The Three Brothers and the Pot of Gold (Moldavia) Once a long time ago there lived a farmer who had three sons. Now, among farmers, having three sons should have been a blessing... Read more
ROMANIA: ROMANIAN STUDENTS EMULATE MOLDOVAN NEIGHBORS.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 4/24/2000; 84 words ; Some 1,500 students clashed in Iasi, capital of Moldavia, with police forces on 19 April, Reuters reported. They were demanding cheaper rail travel and higher tuition grants. A spokesman... Read more
Globo's Clone replicating fast. (World).(Globo TV's telenovela "The CLONE")(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Video Age International; 9/1/2002; 80 words ; ...aired on every major Latin American station. The Clone is also broadcast in the U.S., Portugal, Yugoslavia, Romania, Macedonia, Moldavia and Bosnia. Based around the passionate romance of Lucas and Jade, star-crossed lovers forced to contend with such timely topics... Read more
Bucking the Gypsy stereotype. (director Tony Gatlif's movie 'Gadjo Dilo')
Magazine article from: Interview; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...the Soviet government in the '20s. They have been the victims of both enslavement - for four hundred years in Wallachia and Moldavia (now part of contemporary Romania) - and genocide. Following the Gypsy holocaust inflicted by the Nazis, some Eastern Bloc... Read more
Aiding peace?; the role of NGOs in armed conflict.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2006; 188 words ; ...programs of international and national non-governmental agencies (NGOs) in Afghanistan, Armenia-Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Moldavia, Nepal and Sri Lanka and finds significant opportunities for changes in policies and practices if the NGOs intend to fulfill... Read more
The socialist infrastructure. (column)
Magazine article from: National Review; 3/19/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Foundation, will be in place in key independence-minded ethnic republics following popular elections: in Lithuania on Feb 24; Moldavia, Feb 25; the Ukraine, March 4; Latvia and Estonia, March 18; and Georgia, March 25. And then there will be popular elections... Read more
America's new European allies.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2009; 130 words ; ...neo-imperialist ambitions. The author explores economic obstacles and internal political divisions in such countries as Georgia, Moldavia, Belarus and Ukraine, and the efforts of Western Europe and the US to develop a strategic plan for democratic reforms under... Read more