Moldavia
Historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced [molˈdova] ⓘ or Țara Moldovei, literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe,[8][9][10] corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially independent and later autonomous state, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia (Țara Românească) as the basis of the modern Romanian state; at various times, Moldavia included the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina and Hertsa. The region of Pokuttya was also part of it for a period of time.
Principality of Moldavia | |||||||||||||||
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1346–1859 | |||||||||||||||
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Capital | Baia/Siret (1343–1388) Suceava (1388–1564) Iași (1564–1859) | ||||||||||||||
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Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Romanian (endonym) / Moldavian (exonym) | ||||||||||||||
Government | Principality: elective absolute monarchy with hereditary lines | ||||||||||||||
Princes of Moldavia (Voivodes, Hospodars) | |||||||||||||||
• 1346–1353 (first) | Dragoș | ||||||||||||||
• 1859–1862 (last) | Alexandru Ioan Cuza | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
• Foundation of the Moldavian mark | 1346 | ||||||||||||||
5 February [O.S. 24 January] 1859 | |||||||||||||||
Currency | Moldavian gros [ro] Taler | ||||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | MD | ||||||||||||||
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The western half of Moldavia is now part of Romania, the eastern side belongs to the Republic of Moldova, and the northern and southeastern parts are territories of Ukraine.