Outline Of Moldova
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Moldova:
The Republic of Moldova is a landlocked sovereign country located in Eastern Europe between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south. Moldova is a parliamentary democracy with a president as its head of state and a prime minister as its head of government. In the Constitution of the country, the state language is officially called Moldovan, while in the Declaration of Independence it was officially called Romanian. The capital and largest city of Moldova is Chişinău.
In Antiquity, the present territory of Moldova was inhabited by Dacians, who were subsequently Romanized. Roman and afterwards Byzantine Empires directly controlled a smaller part in the south of the modern country until the 7th century. In the Middle Ages, 90% of the present territory of Moldova was part of the Principality of Moldavia. In 1812, the Russian Empire annexed the eastern half of Moldavia, which became known under the name of Bessarabia. Upon the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1917-1918, Bessarabia joined Romania. During World War II, in 1940, Bessarabia was occupied by the Soviet Union, albeit reverted to Romania between 1941 and 1944, and was split between the newly-created Moldavian SSR (most of it) and the Ukrainian SSR (small portions in the north and south). During the age of perestroika, the national language replaced Russian as official, and Moldavian SSR was renamed Republic of Moldova. Moldova declared its independence from the USSR on August 27, 1991. Despite signing international obligations to withdraw, Russian military forces have remained on part of Moldovan territory; since 1993 they have been stationed in the breakaway territory of Transnistria against the will of the Moldovan Government.
Moldova is a member state of the United Nations, WTO, OSCE, GUAM, CIS, BSEC and other international organizations. Moldova currently aspires to join the European Union and has implemented its first three-year Action Plan within the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) of the EU.
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