Main article: Culture of Moldova Moldova is inhabited primarly by people of Romanian culture. Under Ceauşescu, Romania periodically made oblique claims to Moldova, which the Kremlin ignored. It had no intention of considering boundary changes with neighboring countries that had real or imagined claims on Soviet territory. List of Moldovans/List of Romanians Music of Moldova Music ...

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Main article: Economy of Moldova Moldova enjoys a favorable climate and good farmland but has no major mineral deposits. As a result, the economy depends heavily on agriculture, featuring fruits, vegetables, wine, and tobacco. Moldova must import all of its supplies of petroleum, coal, and natural gas, largely from Russia. Energy shortages contributed to sharp production declines ...

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Main article: History of Moldova Moldova's territory was inhabited in ancient times by Dacians. Strategical location due to the situation on a strategic route between Asia and Europe, Moldova has suffered from several invasions, including those of the Kievan Rus' and the Mongols. During the Middle Ages the territory of Republic of Moldova (including most of present-day Moldova but also including districts to the north and south, known as Northern Bukovina and Budjak) formed the eastern part of the principality of Moldavi ...

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Air Moldova is an airline based in Chişinău, Moldova. It is the national airline of Moldova and operates scheduled services to destinations in Europe. Its main base is Chişinău International Airport. Air Moldova - Code data. IATA Code: 9U ICAO Code: MLD Callsign: Air Moldova Air Moldova - History. The airline was established and started operations in 1992. It is 100% owned by the Republic of Moldova. It took delivery of its ...

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A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. The area code is that part of the telephone number that specifies a telephone exchange system. Telephone numbering plans assign area codes to exchanges, so that dialers may contact telephones outside their local system. Normally occurring at the beginning of the number, area codes usually indicate geographical areas. Together, numbering plans and their component area codes direct telephone calls to particular regions on a public switched telephone netw ...

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The following is a list of regions where wine grapes are grown and wine is made from them. Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degree of latitude, on both the Northern and Southern hemisphere. In 2002, the five largest producers of wine in the world were France, Italy, Spain, United States, and Australia. List of wine-producing regions - Africa. List of wine-producing regions - Algeria. Atlas Mountains List of wine-prod ...

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Transnistria - Ancient history. Tyras was an ancient Greek colony of Miletus, probably founded about 600 BC, situated on mouth of the Dniestr river (Tyras). It fell under the dominion of native kings whose names appear on its coins, and it was destroyed by the Dacians about 50 BC. In AD 56 it has been restored by the Romans and henceforth formed part of the province of Lower Moesia. Transnistria - From the ...

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Moldova is the second smallest of the former Soviet republics and the most densely populated. Industry accounts for only 20% of its labor force, while agriculture's share is more than one-third. It remains the poorest country in Europe. It is landlocked, bounded by Ukraine on the east and Romania to the west. Moldova's proximity to the Black Sea gives it a mild and sunny climate. The fertile soil supports wheat, corn, barley, tobacco, sugar beets, and soybeans. Beef and dairy cattle are raised, and beekeeping is widespread. Moldova's best-kn ...

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Transnistria is internationally considered to be part of theRepublic of Moldova, and previously part of the Moldavian SSR, but has declared independence as the Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic or Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (TMR) (officially named Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (Pridnestrovie) according to current constitution), with Tiraspol as its capital. The Russian authorities contributed both militarily and politically to the creation of a separatist regime in Transnistria. The TMR remained under the ...

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The Republic of Moldova, as well as other foreign states and NGOs claim that the separatist government of Transnistria is authoritarian and has a poor human rights record, and is accused of arbitrary arrest and torture. Some organizations claim that the right of free assembly or association is not fully respected and that religious freedom is limited by denying registration to Baptists, Methodists, and the Church of the Living God. Transnistrian authorities also reportedly accused Jehovah's Witnesses of lacking patriotis ...

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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 Moldova, and possibly the poorest region in Europe. Reports of visitors to Transnistria have confirmed that the average salary of a Transnistrian does not exceed $20-$40. Although the population of the republic was 555,500 in 2004, it is estimated that about 375,000 people actually reside in the region si ...

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The origion of the name of the region froms come the Moldovan word for "beyond the river Dniester (Nistru)". In both Russian and Ukrainian, the name has a more literal meaning as it is called "Subdniestria" or "the area by the Dniester." Official, the region has three languages: Moldovan Cyrillic, Russian and Ukrainian. Their official name, the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic, is also translated into each language: Moldovan Cyrillic: Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ ("Nistrian Moldovan Republic ...

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At the census of 1989, the population was 546,400. At the time of the 2004 census, whose results are contested, the population was 555,000. Recently, there has been a substantial emigration from the region due to economic hardships of the 1990s. This is one of the reasons why a disproportionately large part of the population is past the age of retirement. Transnistria - Ethnicity. Total population on the left bank of the Nistru River (minus Tighina): 546,400 Total population i ...

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Since partition, Transnistria has served as a haven for smugglers and traffickers in fuels, arms, and other contraband, as well as trafficking in human beings. A recent report funded by the British Department for International Development named Transnistria "a smuggling company masquerading as a state". Recently, a cache of 70 surface-to-air missile launchers disappeared from a former Soviet stockpile and officials are unable to account for their whereabouts. The government of Ukraine, which had long been seen as assisting in this ill ...

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Republic of Moldova at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Gold. None Republic of Moldova at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Silver. Viktor Reneysky and Nikolay Juravschi — Canoeing, men's C2 500 metres canadian pairs Republic of Moldova at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Bronze. Sergei Murei ...

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Republic of Moldova at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Athletics. Women's 800 metres: Olga Cristea - Round 1: 2:08.97 Men's 3000 metre steeplechase: Ion Luchianov - Round 1, 8:26.17 (NR, did not advance) Women's 10000 metres: Natalia Cherches - 34:04.97 (27th place) Men's decathlon: Victor Covalenko - 6543 points (30th place) Women's marathon: Svetlana Tkach-Shepeleva - 3:03:29 (61st place) M ...

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For the current period of governance, the PCRM has outlined the following goals for the country: A new quality of life; Economic modernization; European integration; Consolidation of the society. The whole electoral program can be read on the official site of PCRM. ...

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One of Europe's poorest nations, the Republic of Moldova has resisted pursuing the types of reforms that have vastly improved the economies of some of its Eastern European neighbors. The Communist Party retained political control after winning the March 2005 parliamentary elections and re-elected its leader, Vladimir Voronin, as president in collaboration with the opposition. Although the government maintains a pro-Western stance, it has had trouble pursuing structural reforms and has made little progress on the International Monetary ...

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Gagauz people have settlements in the Ukrainian regions of Odessa and Zaporizhzhia, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Romania. There are also nearly 20,000 Gagauz living in the Balkan countries of Greece and Bulgaria. There is a related ethnic group also called Gagauz (or Gacal) living in the European part of northwestern Turkey and in the Republic of Macedonia, who are Muslims. ...

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