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Moldova (/mɒlˈdoʊvə/ ⓘ mol-DOH-və, sometimes UK: /ˈmɒldəvə/ MOL-də-və; Romanian pronunciation: [molˈdova]), officially the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans. The country spans a total of 33,483 km2 (12,928 sq mi) and has a population of approximately 2.5 million as of January 2023. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised breakaway stateofTransnistria lies across the Dniester river on the country's eastern border with Ukraine. Moldova is a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic with its capital in Chișinău, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia. In 1856, southern Bessarabia was returned to Moldavia, which three years later united with Wallachia to form Romania, but Russian rule was restored over the whole of the region in 1878. During the 1917 Russian Revolution, Bessarabia briefly became an autonomous state within the Russian Republic. In February 1918, it declared independence and then integrated into Romania later that year following a vote of its assembly. The decision was disputed by Soviet Russia, which in 1924 established, within the Ukrainian SSR, a so-called Moldavian autonomous republic on partially Moldovan-inhabited territories to the east of Bessarabia. In 1940, as a consequence of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Romania was compelled to cede Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union, leading to the creation of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldavian SSR). On 27 August 1991, as the dissolution of the Soviet Union was underway, the Moldavian SSR declared independence and took the name Moldova. However, the strip of Moldovan territory on the east bank of the Dniester has been under the de facto control of the breakaway government of Transnistria since 1990. The constitution of Moldova was adopted in 1994, and the country became a parliamentary republic with a presidentashead of state and a prime ministerashead of government. Under the presidency of Maia Sandu, elected in 2020 on a pro-Western and anti-corruption ticket, Moldova has pursued membership of the European Union, and was granted candidate status in June 2022. Accession talks to the EU began on 13 December 2023. Sandu has also suggested an end to Moldova's constitutional commitment to military neutrality in favour of a closer alliance with NATO and strongly condemned Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. (Full article...) Selected article - show another Selected image - show another
Image 1A map of Moldova, 2001
Image 2Chișinău Independence Day Parade, 2016
Image 3Flag of Gagauzia
Image 4Asoldier from Moldova pulls security while conducting a company situational training exercise during exercise Combined Resolve III at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 26, 2014
Image 5A satellite view of Moldova, 2003
Image 6Moldovan ballet dancer Alina Nanu
Image 7Modernist campus of the Alecu Russo State University of Bălți
Image 8A view of Chişinău in winter, 2006
 
Image 10A view of Otaci, which is located on the southwestern bank of the Dniester River, which at that point forms the northeastern border of Moldova, July 2006. Here Otaci is seen from the Ukrainian town of Mohyliv-Podilskyi. The tower block in the foreground collapsed in 2019.
Image 11European Bison in Pădurea Domnească
Image 12Presidential Palace, Chișinău
 
Image 14Chișinău Independence Day Parade, 2016
Image 15Chișinău Independence Day Parade, 2016
Image 16Orhei National Park, the only national park in the country
![Image 17The Mileștii Mici winery has the world's largest wine cellars by bottle count, with over 1.5 million bottles of wine.[1]](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caves_Milestii_Mici_Moldavie.jpg)
Image 17The Mileștii Mici winery has the world's largest wine cellars by bottle count, with over 1.5 million bottles of wine.[1]
Did you know...... that The "Golden Collection" from the State Enterprise Quality Wines Industrial Complex "Mileştii Mici" was recognized by the Guinness World Records as "the biggest wine collection in the world" on the 19th of August 2005. It contains over 1,5 million bottles of different types of wine – dry wines, dessert and sparkling wines. ...that according to the legend, voivode Dragoş founded Moldova as the result of an aurochs hunt. This is the popular explanation of aurochs head depicted on the coat of arms of Moldova. ...that only five of twelve stanzas of the original poem by Alexei Mateevici are included in the national anthem of Moldova. ...that Moldavian SSR had population density 128.2 people/km² and was the most densely populated republic of the Soviet Union. ...that Christian Orthodox is the predominant religion in Moldova. 98% of believers belong to the Orthodox Church, and its traditions are tightly entwined with the culture and patrimony of the country. Moldova lists Categories
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