Introduction to Moldova
Moldova is a small country located in Eastern Europe. The exact location is 47.2500° N, 28.5167° E.
Moldova is know for the grapes and for the very good wine. this small country is located between Romania on the west and Ukraine on the east.
Moldova is know for the grapes and for the very good wine. this small country is located between Romania on the west and Ukraine on the east.
History of Moldova.
Moldova's timeline
- 6,000BC Bronze age settlements were found here.
- 100-1BC A Roman fortified citadel was built about this time. It may have protected a town occupied by a late-era Sarmatian king.
- c1400-1500 Steven the Great, Stefan Chel Mare, waged battles against the Turks in the 14th century became a national hero. He was buried in the village of Kobynya. In 2000 a 600-year-old oak tree that marked his grave was killed by a cold snap and high winds.
- 1812 Russia acquired Bessarabia, the north eastern part of the original principality of Moldavia, in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War (1806-1812).
- 1903 Apr, Russia instigated a Jewish pogrom in Kishinev. 49 people died and some 600 were seriously injured.
- 1905 More anti-Jewish pogroms swept the province of Bessarabia.
- 1907 Mar 31, Romanian Army put down a Moldavian farmers' revolt.
- 1918 An attempt to establish a Moldovan Soviet failed and Romanian troops occupied the province.
- 1922 A law was passed that halved the number of Jewish schools.
- 1924 The Bolsheviks formed the Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), aka Transdniestria, as a basis for later taking over a chunk of Romania.
- 1938 A law was passed that deprived Jewish heads of household of their civil rights.
- 1939 Aug 23, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav M. Molotov signed a Treaty of Non-Aggression, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact freeing Hitler to invade Poland and Stalin to invade Finland. Secret protocols, made public years later, were added that assigned Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Bessarabia to be within the Soviet sphere of influence. Poland was partitioned along the rivers Narev, Vistula and San. Germany retained Lithuania enlarged by the inclusion of Vilnius. Just days after the signing, Germany invaded Poland, and by the end of September, both powers had claimed sections of Poland. World War II and Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union were just around the corner.
- 1940 Jun 26, The Soviet Union delivered an ultimatum to Romania and 2 days later occupied Bessarabia and North Bukovina.
- 1940 Moldova was formed from the former Republic of Moldavia and the ceded Romanian territory of Bessarabia.
- 1941 Jun 13, Thousands of Jewish community leaders in Bessarabia (Moldova) were deported to Siberia as part of the general purge. The Soviet Union, which had occupied the former Romanian province a year earlier, loaded 22,600 Moldovans on cargo trains bound for Siberia, where the deportees were used for forced labor.
- 1992 Andrei Ivantoc, a member of the Popular Moldovan Front, was arrested by separatist authorities of Trans-Dniester. A year later he and the three others were sentenced on charges of committing terrorist acts against citizens of Trans-Dniester. The Popular Moldovan Front called for the reunification of Moldova with neighboring Romania. The group's members were seen as martyrs by some in Moldova and Romania for their opposition to the separatists. Ivantoc was released in 2007
- 1992-1994 Russia's Alexander Lebed commanded troops in Moldova’s break-away region of Trans-Dniester, where ethnic conflict rose between the Moldovan government and Slav separatists. He ended the bloodshed there.
2011 Mar 11, In Moldova US Vice President Joe Biden urged the government to fight corruption and implement pro-Western democratic reforms, saying that Washington would offer support to Europe's poorest country as it seeks to move closer to the EU.- 2011 Jun 28, Moldova officials said 6 people have been arrested for trying to sell an unspecified amount of uranium-235 to a North African country for $28.85 million.
- 2011 Dec 1, The first talks in nearly six years between Moldova and the pro-Moscow separatist region of Trans-Dniester concluded in Lithuania with an agreement for more meetings at the beginning of next year.
Moldova and her beautiful sites.
Fact: Moldova is full of vineyards. These vineyards have the best grapes that are after the best wines.
There is a lot of Orthodox Churches and places to visit next to the amazing rivers.
There is a lot of rainfall here in Moldova, but only a lot of rainfall in fall. Speaking of weather we might also talk about the climate here in Moldova. In winter it is very cold. Mostly -0'C but in in summer it is mostly +30'C.
There is a lot of caves in this part of the world. Moldova has very dangerous,but good places to find some experience and adventure.
20 most interesting facts about Moldova.
- Moldova is placed the 12th among the top world wine exporters.
- Vine growing and wine making in Moldova counts for almost 5,000 years.
- The largest underground wine cellar in the world, Cricova, is “hidden” in this country.
- The Milestii Mici’s wine collection of 1.5 million bottles has been included in the Guinness World Records at the category The Largest Quality Wine Collection in the World.
- Strong Drinks Museum, in Tirnauca village, is the largest building in the world in the shape of a bottle (28m).
- There are 30 monasteries (some of them dating back to 15th century) and wood churches.
- The second official language of Gagauzia, situated in the south of Moldova, is a dying out language, with only 200000 speakers.
- Russia still has 2,500 troops and 22,000 tons of ammunition in Transnistria.
- The Cave “Emil Racovita”, in Criva, is the 8th greatest cave on the planet.
- During the Soviet Union period Moldova was the most densely populated republic.
- The greatest ruler of Moldova, Stefan cel Mare, (1457-1504) won 34 wars out of 36 fought.
- Moldova is one of only three national flags that differ on their obverse and reverse sides – the others are Paraguay and Saudi Arabia.
- Out of 152 countries included in the ranking of Internet access speed, Moldova is on the 3rd place.
- Cleopatra Stratan holds the record for the highest paid young artist, the youngest artist to receive an MTV award and the youngest artist to score a #1 hit in a country.
- Congaz is the largest village in Europe.
- In the time of the USSR Soroca became the Gipsy capital of the world.
- The oldest oak tree here is 600 years old.
- The biggest animal that ever lived on this territory is “Denoterium”, a breed of what is known to be like an elephant. The animal’s skeleton is now preserved in the ethnographic museum and is considered to be the second biggest in Europe.
- There are more than 40 parks in Moldova (old arrangements of different tree species, exotic plants and lakes) from which 20 are in good repair.
- The biggest park is Taul Natural Reservation (46 ha), offering quiet and beautiful settings. There are more than 385 of such protected zones, the most interesting places being the caves and the coral formations.