Encyclopedia - Gagauz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gagauz - History
Gagauz - Early history and settlement in Bessarabia. Ancestors of the Gagauz can be traced to the early nomadic tribes, Guzi and Uzi (a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - Medieval History
The greatest Moldavian prince was Ştefan cel Mare, or Stefan the Great (ruled 1457-1504). With his army of boyars and retainers, Stefan ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - History
Main article: History of Moldova Moldova's territory was inhabited in ancient times by Dacians. Strategical location due to the situation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Dialect - Dialect Or Language
There are no universally accepted criteria for distinguishing languages from dialects, although a number of paradigms exist, which render...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transnistria: Encyclopedia Ii - Transnistria - History
Transnistria - Ancient history. Tyras was an ancient Greek colony of Miletus, probably founded about 600 BC, situated on mouth of the D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gagauz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gagauz - Geographic Distribution
Gagauz people have settlements in the Ukrainian regions of Odessa and Zaporizhzhia, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kabard...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transnistria: Encyclopedia Ii - Transnistria - Names
The origion of the name of the region froms come the Moldovan word for "beyond the river Dniester (Nistru)". In both Russian and Ukrainia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transnistria: Encyclopedia Ii - Transnistria - Population
At the census of 1989, the population was 546,400. At the time of the 2004 census, whose results are contested, the population was 555,00...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transnistria: Encyclopedia Ii - Transnistria - Economy
The GDP is about $420 million [11] and the GDP per capita, based on the exchange rate, is $662, making the area slightly poorer than Mold...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transnistria: Encyclopedia Ii - Transnistria - Crime
Since partition, Transnistria has served as a haven for smugglers and traffickers in fuels, arms, and other contraband, as well as traffi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - Beginning Of The Soviet Period
After the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Declaration of Rights of Peoples of Russia encouraged the various nationalities in the Russi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - Secession Of Gagauzia And Transnistria
In August the Gagauz declared a separate "Gagauz Republic" (Gagauz-Yeri) in the south, around the city of Comrat. In September the people...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - Independence
During the 1991 August coup d'état in Moscow against Mikhail Gorbachev, commanders of the Soviet Union's Southwestern Theater of Militar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - Post Independence: 1993 To 1998
Starting 1993, Moldova began to distance itself from Romania. The constitution adopted in 1994 used the term "Moldovan language" instead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - Increasing Self-expression
In this climate of openness, political self-assertion escalated in the Moldavian SSR in 1988. The year 1989 saw the formation of the Mold...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - Postwar Reestablishment Of Soviet Control
The territory stayed within the USSR after WWII as the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and the state had a brutal denationalization p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transnistria: Encyclopedia Ii - Transnistria - Violation Of Human Rights
The Republic of Moldova, as well as other foreign states and NGOs claim that the separatist government of Transnistria is authoritarian a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - 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 Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Moldova - Commonwealth Interventions
Main article: Magnate wars in Moldavia In the beginning of the 17th century, magnates of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth intervened in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transnistria: Encyclopedia Ii - Transnistria - Political Status
Transnistria is internationally considered to be part of theRepublic of Moldova, and previously part of the Moldavian SSR, but has declar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Administrative Divisions
Main article: Administrative divisions of Moldova Moldova is divided into 32 districts (raion, pl. raioane), 3 municipalities (Chişinău...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Geography
Main article: Geography of Moldova The largest part of the country lies between two rivers, the Nistru and the Prut. Moldova's rich soil ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Relations With Romania And The European Union
Moldova's relationship with Romania, which is set to become a European Union (EU) member in 2007, has also been strained, with Moldova pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Politics
Main article: Politics of Moldova The unicameral Moldovan parliament, or Parlament, has 101 seats, and its members are elected by popular...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Dialect - Concepts In Dialectology
Concepts in dialectology include: Dialect - Mutual intelligibility. Some have attempted to distinguish dialects from languages by sayin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - National Symbols
Republic of Moldova - Flag. The Moldovan flag is similar to the flag of Romania, with the same color, but with the addition of a coat o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Economy
Main article: Economy of Moldova Moldova enjoys a favorable climate and good farmland but has no major mineral deposits. As a result, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Demographics
(according to the 2004 census) Moldovans/Romanians: 78.2% Ukrainians: 8.4% Russians: 5.8% Gagauz: 4.4% Bulgarians: 1.9% Others: 1.3% ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Gallery
Triumphal Arc - Center of Chisinau, Chişinău Gates of Chişinău, Chişinău Moldavian Orthodox church ... See also:Republic of Moldo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Culture
Main article: Culture of Moldova Moldova is inhabited primarly by people of Romanian culture. Under Ceauşescu, Romania periodically made...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Information Technologies And Telecommunications
In 2004, the investments volume on the telecommunications and information market in the Republic of Moldova increased by 30.1% in compari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Language
The official language is Moldovan; this is by all accounts a form of Daco-Romanian, and is essentially the same as Romanian. There is no ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republic Of Moldova: Encyclopedia Ii - Republic Of Moldova - Comparison With Romanian
The sample below taken from the Constitutions of Moldova and Romania proves that a formal text in Romanian and Moldovan is identical. Sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Dialect - Standard And Non-standard Dialects
A standard dialect (also known as a standardized dialect or "standard language") is a dialect that is supported by institutions. Such ins...   » Read the article