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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

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Moldavia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Moldavia , historic Romanian province (c.14...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...
Romania
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...The principalities of Walachia and Moldavia, formed in the fourteenth century...princes such as Stephen the Great of Moldavia (ruled 1457 – 1504) to defend...Walachia between 1420 and 1480 and Moldavia between 1484 and 1498. Under the terms...
Walachia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the east; in the northeast it adjoins Moldavia. Bucharest , the Romanian capital...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...
Ypsilanti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Walachia (1774-82, 1796-97) and of Moldavia (1786-88). Captured (1790) by...Ypsilanti, 1760-1816, was hospodar of Moldavia (1799-1801) and became hospodar of...now Iaşi), the capital of Moldavia, proclaiming the independence of Greece...
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...
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...was made by Prince Dmitry Cantemir of Moldavia, who invited Peter the Great (r. 1682...
Moldova
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...Moldova was part of the greater region of Moldavia. It lies directly between Russia and...bloody journey from the principality of Moldavia to the republic of Moldova, and it seems...By the beginning of the Middle Ages, Moldavia (as part of Romania) was already a...
Moldovans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...the former USSR. In this article, "Moldavia," the former name of the republic...orchards, walnut groves, and vineyards; Moldavia produced about one-quarter of the wine...to the 1969 census, the population of Moldavia was 3.531 million and today it is about...
Stephen the Great
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Stephen the Great d.1504, prince of Moldavia (1457-1504). A great military and...attacked and defeated Vlad in 1462. Moldavia was prey to the expansionist interests...purchased (1513) the continued existence of Moldavia by paying tribute to the sultan.
Russo-Turkish Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Azov and won a spectacular success in Moldavia, where General Münnich entered...Russian khan was installed, and overran Moldavia and Walachia. The Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji...III deposed the Russophile governors of Moldavia and Walachia, an act that led to the...

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Romania
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...History Although the regions known as Moldavia and Walachia were part of the OTTOMAN...Russia gained control of north-east Moldavia (present-day Moldova). During the...was occupied by Russia, Walachia and Moldavia proclaimed themselves independent principalities...
Russo-Turkish Wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...gain independence. One Russian army invaded Wallachia and Moldavia and, advancing through the Balkans, threatened Constantinople...Adrianople (1829), which ended the war, gave Wallachia and Moldavia effective independence and granted Russia control over a part...
Dokuchaev, Vasily Vasilievich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...preparing the map for publication. From 1877 to 1898 he investigated the northern boundary of the chernozem belt: the Ukraine, Moldavia, central Russia, Trans-Volga, the Crimea, and the northern slopes of the Caucasus. His monograph “ Russky...
Louis I
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...fought two successful wars against Venice (1357–58; 1378–81), and the rulers of Serbia, Wallachia, Moldavia, and Bulgaria became his vassals. Under his rule Hungary became a powerful state, though Poland was troubled by revolts...
Gheorghiu-Dej, Gheorghe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...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...
Commonwealth of Independent States
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...The 12 member-states are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus (Belorussia), Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova (Moldavia), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The administrative headquarters of the CIS is in the Belarussian...
Ypsilanti, Alexander
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Philike Hetairia , a secret organization that sought Greek independence from the OTTOMAN EMPIRE . In 1821 he raised a revolt in Moldavia, proclaiming the independence of Greece, but he lacked the support of Russia or Romania and was defeated by the Turks and...
Velichkovsky, St Paisy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...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...
Soviet Union
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Belorussia (Belarus), Ukraine, the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), Georgia, Armenia, Moldova (Moldavia), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Created as a Communist state after the...
Paris, Congress of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...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...

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The Bessarabians. (autonomy movements in region of Moldavia changing it into a little Rumania)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/6/1991; 700+ words ; ...province and created the Soviet republic of Moldavia. Today that republic is dying, and...over Kishinev, the capital of Soviet Moldavia (or Moldova, as the locals now call...Bucharest time. All this implies that Moldavia knows where its future lies. It does...
Ethnically divided Moldavia holds first presidential vote
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/9/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...in the ethnically divided republic of Moldavia cast ballots in their first presidential...there, reports said. Two-thirds of Moldavia's 4.3 million people are ethnic Romanians...with Romania, which controlled most of Moldavia until the Soviets annexed it in World...
Romanians, Slavs vie before Moldavia vote
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/8/1991; ; 480 words ; KISHINEV, Moldavia -- Tensions ran high between ethnic...presidential election in the republic of Moldavia. Mircea Snegur, the current president...predominantly Slavic Trans-Dneister region, Moldavia's Interior Ministry reported. The...
ROMANIANS EMBRACE MOLDAVIA KIN IN USSR
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/25/1990; ; 634 words ; ...poured across a bridge into Soviet Moldavia yesterday to mark the 50th anniversary...from Kishinev, the capital of Soviet Moldavia, and other areas, crossed into Romania...annexed it as the Soviet Republic of Moldavia. "You cannot stop these people. They...
6 Killed in Soviet Moldavia;Russians, Pro-Romanian Nationalists Clash in Border Republic
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/3/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Soviet Union's southwestern republic of Moldavia. The official Soviet news agency Tass...ethnically Romanian and Russian regions of Moldavia. It said police opened fire after armed...Romanian nationalists, who want to merge Moldavia with Romania, crossed a river bridge...
MOLDAVIA-POLITICS: STUDENT RALLIES THREATEN TO CAUSE A CRISIS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 10/28/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...on the main square in Chisinau, Moldavia's capital, may herald a major crisis for the former Soviet republic of Moldavia, analysts in Moscow fear. The students...the background of a growing rift in Moldavia's upper echelons. The reformist...
Moldavia compromise rejected by strikers
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/2/1989; 557 words ; MOSCOW Those who speak Russian in Moldavia decided Friday to continue a strike after...Tiraspol, the second largest city in Moldavia, with a mostly Russian population...strike now involves 202 enterprises in Moldavia. The Soviet army daily Red Star said...
Moldavia Parliament votes to secede
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/28/1991; ; 636 words ; ...KISHINEV, USSR -- Jubilant crowds in Moldavia celebrated independence yesterday after...victory!" Romania immediately recognized Moldavia, becoming the only nation to do so...cities, demanding reunification with Moldavia, which had been part of Romania before...
Moldavia and the Russia-Belarus Union
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 3/17/2001; ; 700+ words ; Mooradian, Moorad Armenian Reporter, The 03-17-2001 Moldavia and the Russia-Belarus Union Moldavia's Communist Party won an overwhelming victory in Moldavia's recent parliamentary elections. Soon thereafter, Vladimir Voromin...
Moscow Confronted With New Ethnic Problem - Moldavia
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/1/1989; ; 697 words ; Moldavia has become the latest Soviet republic...demand defense of the Moldavian language. Moldavia, which was incorporated into the Soviet...local Communist Party daily Sovietskaya Moldavia said that police were unable to stop the...