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Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) is a geographical and historical region in north-eastern Romania. A former independent principality until its union with Romania in 1859, Moldavia included at various times in its history the regions of Bessarabia (with the Bujak) and the entire Bukovina; the larger part of the former is nowadays the independent state of Moldova, while the rest of it and the larger, northern part of Bukovina form parts of Ukraine. For additional meanings, see: Moldova (disambiguation). A principality is a monarchial feudatory or sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a Monarch with the title of prince or princess (a synonym is princedom) or (in the widest sense) a Monarch with another title within the generic use of the term prince. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia ceded by the Ottoman Empire to Russia in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish... Budjak or Budzhak is the southern part of Bessarabia, now part of the Odessa Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Bukovina (Ukrainian: Ð‘ÑƒÐºÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Bukovyna; Romanian: Bucovina; German and Polish: Bukowina; see also other languages) is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains. ... Moldova can refer to any of the following: Moldova, a European country Moldova (region), a region of Romania Moldavia, a medieval principate, that encompassed both the Moldova region of Romania and Moldova, the country. ...

The Romanian region itself consists of eight counties, spanning over 46,173 km² (19.5% of Romania's territory). Its total population is 4,681,000 as of 2002 (21.6% of Romania's population). Most of Moldavia (6 out of 8 counties) is part of the Nord-Est development region, while the two southern counties (Galaţi and Vrancea) are in the Sud-Est development region. Administrative map of Romania. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nord-Est (North East) is a development region in Romania. ... GalaÅ£i is a county (judeÅ£) in the East of Romania, in the South of Moldova region, with the capital city at GalaÅ£i (population: 332,154). ... Vrancea is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania in the Moldova region, with the capital city at FocÅŸani (population: 103,219). ... Sud-Est (South East) is a development region in Romania. ...

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Geography

Moldavia was situated between the Carpathian Mountains and the Dniester River. The Prut river flows approximately through its middle from north to south. Satellite image of the Carpathians Souvenir from Carpathian region (Poland) The Carpathian Mountains are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro and northern Hungary. ... The river Dniestr (in Polish and Russian; Nistru in Romanian; Дністер, Dnister in Ukrainian; Tyras in Latin; also known as Dniester) is a river in Eastern Europe. ... The Prut river (also known as Pruth) is 950 km long, originating in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine and flowing southeast to join the Danube river near Reni, east of Galaţi. ...

The black line on the map represents the present border between Romania and the Republic of Moldova and Romania and Ukraine. Most of the Moldavian territory east of the black line is included in the Republic of Moldova, however the southern region Budjak and northern region Northern Bukovina are inside Ukraine. Romania still controls 43% of the old principality's territory which is situated in the territory west of the black line on the map. The region bordering the Black Sea which as mentioned before is also known as Budjak, was incorporated into Moldova in 1392, however it was lost in 1478 to the Ottoman Empire. Border stone at Passo San Giacomo between Val Formazza in Italy and Val Bedretto in Switzerland Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or subnational administrative divisions. ... Budjak or Budzhak is the southern part of Bessarabia, now part of the Odessa Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... Bukovina (Bucovina in Romanian; Буковина, Bukovyna in Ukrainian; Buchenland or Bukowina in German; Bukowina in Polish), on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains, comprises an historic province now split between Romania and Ukraine. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl...

History

Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, Turkish: Bogdan Iflak or simply Bogdan) was a medieval principality on the lower Danube river which, along with Wallachia, formed the basis for the modern Romanian state. Its name originates from the Moldova River. Image File history File links Cetate_20CahleTeracotass. ... Image File history File links Cetate_20CahleTeracotass. ... Zubr can refer to: Żubr or Zubr - European bison: wisent Zubr (political organization) - a civic youth organization in Belarus This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Trinomial name Bos taurus namadicus (Falconer, 1859) Trinomial name Bos taurus mauretanicus (Thomas, 1881) Trinomial name Bos taurus primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) The aurochs (Bos taurus) is an extinct European mammal of the Bovidae family. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078 m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500 m³/s Area watershed 817,000 km² Origin Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg, Germany... This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania. ... A state is an organized political community, occupying a territory, and possessing internal and external sovereignty, that enforces a monopoly on the use of force. ... Moldova river is a river of the Moldavia region of Romania, which rises from the Obcine of Bukovina in Suceava county. ...

The principality in its greatest extent stretched from Transylvania in the west to the Dniester River in the east, but had its nucleus in the northwestern part, the Ţara de Sus ("Upper Land"), which later became known as Bukovina. This area contained Suceava, the capital of the principality from 1359-1565. Iaşi was the capital from 1565-1859. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Dniester (Polish Dniestr, Ukrainian Ð”Ð½Ñ–ÑÑ‚ÐµÑ€ (Dnister), Romanian Nistru, Russian Ð”Ð½ÐµÑÑ‚Ñ€ (Dnestr), Yiddishâ€«× ×¢×¡×˜×¢×¨ â€¬ (nester), Serbian (Dnjester) and during antiquity was called Tyras in Latin) is a river in Eastern Europe. ... Bukovina (Ukrainian: Ð‘ÑƒÐºÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ð½Ð°, Bukovyna; Romanian: Bucovina; German and Polish: Bukowina; see also other languages) is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains. ... Suceava (pronunciation in Romanian: ; German: Suczawa, Yiddish: ×©×Ö¸×¥ Shots) is a municipality-status city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389) Berlin joins the Hanseatic League. ... Events The pencil is first documented by Conrad Gesner March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded April 27 - Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. ... County IaÅŸi County Status Municipality Mayor Gheorghe Nichita, since 2003 Area 93. ... Events The pencil is first documented by Conrad Gesner March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded April 27 - Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ...

Early history

The Stone Age saw the culture of Cucuteni rule over what would become, Southern Moldavia and what is now, Western Ukraine. In antiquity, the land was a part of the Dacian kingdom, located in present-day Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia. Moldova's Latin origins can be traced to the period of Roman occupation of Dacia ca. A.D. 105-270, when a culture was formed from the intermingling of Roman colonists and the local population. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (948x677, 189 KB) Summary Source http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (948x677, 189 KB) Summary Source http://www. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Stone Age fishing hook. ... The Cucuteni culture (also Cucuteni-Tripolie, after the Romanian Cucuteni and the Ukrainian Trypillia villages) is an early 5th millennium BC neolithic culture of Central Europe, in the area of modern-day Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine, in the Dniestr-Dnjepr region. ... Antiquity means different things: Generally it means ancient history, and may be used of any period before the Middle Ages. ... Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, named by the ancient Greeks Getae, was a large district of Southeastern Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa, on the east by the Tyras or Nistru, now... Motto: none Anthem: BoÅ¾e Pravde Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic - President Boris TadiÄ‡ - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Independence - From the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878 - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes formed December 1, 1918 - FR Yugoslavia formed April 28, 1992 - Serbia... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, named by the ancient Greeks Getae, was a large district of Southeastern Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa, on the east by the Tyras or Nistru, now...

The region was later invaded by several migratory people, such as Huns, Visigoths, Pechenegs, Cumans, and Tatars under the Golden Horde. The Brodnici, a possible Slavo-Romanian vassal state of Galicia, ruled over much of the territory in the early 13th century. On the border between Galicia and Brodnici, in the 11th century, a Viking by the name Rodfos, was killed by Vlachs, who supposedly betrayed him. In 1164, Andronicus I Comnenus, was taken prisoner by Vlach sheperds around the same border between Galicia and Brodnici. In 1247, a Franciscan monk, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, met a Vlach voivode, Olaha, who is thought to have ruled the lands of future Moldavia. The Huns were a confederation of Eurasian tribes, most likely of diverse origin with a Turkic-speaking aristocracy, who appeared in Europe in the 4th century, the most famous being Attila the Hun. ... The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ... Pechenegs or Patzinaks, also known as Besenyők, were a semi-nomadic steppes people of Central Asia that spoke a Turkic language. ... Cumans, also called as Polovtsy, (Russian ÐŸÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ñ†Ñ‹, from old Slavic for pale yellowish) was the European name for the Western Kipchaks, a nomadic West Turkic tribe living on the north of the Black Sea along the Volga. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... This article refers to the medieval Turkic state. ... The Brodnici were a Slavic, Romanian or probably a mixed Slavo-Romanian people that lived in Moldavia and nearby areas in early Middle Ages. ... Coat-of-arms of Galicia Galicia is an historical region currently split between Poland and Ukraine. ... The term Viking is used to denote the ship-borne explorers, traders and warriors who originated in Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ... // Events Count Henry I of Champagne marries Marie de Champagne. ... Billon trachy (a cup-shaped coin) of Andronicus I Comnenus (1183-1185) Andronicus I Comnenus (c. ... Events Shams ad-Din disappears resulting in Jalal Uddin Rumi writing 30,000 verses of poetry about his disappearance. ... The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ... Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, or John of Plano Carpini or Joannes de Plano (c. ... For the heavy metal music band see Voivod (band). ...

In the Middle Ages, the nomad attacks stopped, permitting an increase in the permanent population in what was to become Republic of Moldova (including Transdniester) and today's southwestern Ukraine which at that point was composed of Vlachs and other peoples, of which the Slavs had left some influences in the language, after having migrated along the lowlands and sequentially being assimilated. Most of the regions east of the Carpathians were at this time under the rule of the Cumans which lasted until the Mongol attacks of the mid 14th century. Transnistria or Transdniester (Russian: Приднестровье (Pridnestrovye), Romanian Transnistria, referred to as Stânga Nistrului (Left Bank of the Nistru) by official Moldovan sources). ... Vlachs (also called Wallachians, Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs or Ulahs) is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Cumans, also called as Polovtsy, (Russian ÐŸÐ¾Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ñ†Ñ‹, from old Slavic for pale yellowish) was the European name for the Western Kipchaks, a nomadic West Turkic tribe living on the north of the Black Sea along the Volga. ... Honorary guard of Mongolia. ...

In the 13th century, the Hungarian King Charles Robert of Anjou attempted to expand the Hungarian Empire and the influence of the Roman Catholic church east of the Carpathians after the fall of Cuman rule. There was an early military campaign under the command of Phynta de Mende in 1324. Three decades later in 1353 Dragoş (Drágfi), was sent by the Hungarian King to establish a defense line against the Tartars on the Siret river. He founded the new Moldavian voivodat with the capital at Baia. Originally the new principality was called Bogdania and stretched from the Carpathian Mountains to the Nistru/Dniestr river. It was later renamed Moldavia (Moldova in Romania), after the Moldova River in present-day Romania. In 1342 and 1345, the Hungarians were again victorious in a battle against Tatars. The Polish chronicler, Jan Długosz, mentioned Moldavians (as Wallachians) to have joined a military expedition in 1342, under King Władysław against Mark of Brandenburg.^[1] This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since Árpád. ... Charles I of Hungary (Anjou France 1288 or 1291 - Hungary July 16, 1342), also called Charles Robert, Carobert and Charles I Robert, was the king of Hungary from August 27, 1310. ... Map of the counties in the Kingdom of Hungary around 1880 Location and rough map of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1914 The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar KirÃ¡lysÃ¡g, Latin: Regnum Hungariae) is the name of a kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... DragoÅŸ I in a 19th century rendition. ... This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since Árpád. ... The Siret River is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of the Ukraine, flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins Danube. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Satellite image of the Carpathians Souvenir from Carpathian region (Poland) The Carpathian Mountains are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro and northern Hungary. ... The river Dniestr (in Polish and Russian; Nistru in Romanian; Дністер, Dnister in Ukrainian; Tyras in Latin; also known as Dniester) is a river in Eastern Europe. ... The river Dniestr (in Polish and Russian; Nistru in Romanian; Дністер, Dnister in Ukrainian; Tyras in Latin; also known as Dniester) is a river in Eastern Europe. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Moldova river is a river of the Moldavia region of Romania, which rises from the Obcine of Bukovina in Suceava county. ... Events May - Pope Clement VI elected John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia Patriarch of Antioch transferred to Damascus under Ignatius II KitzbÃ¼hel becomes part of Tyrol Louis I becomes king of Hungary Births... Events Miracle of the Host Births October 31 - King Fernando I of Portugal (died 1383) AgnÃ¨s of Valois, daughter of John II of France (died 1349) Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (died 1405) Deaths April 14 - Richard Aungerville, English writer and bishop (born 1287) September 16 - John IV, Duke of... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Jan DÅ‚ugosz Jan DÅ‚ugosz, also known as Joannes Longinus or Joannes Dlugossius (1415-1480) was a Polish historian (a chronicler) and a secretary of Bishop Zbigniew OleÅ›nicki of KrakÃ³w. ... Events May - Pope Clement VI elected John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia Patriarch of Antioch transferred to Damascus under Ignatius II KitzbÃ¼hel becomes part of Tyrol Louis I becomes king of Hungary Births... Wladislaus I on Jan Matejkos painting Wladislaus I the Short or Elbow-high (Polish: WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw I Åokietek) (1261â€“1333), was a King of Poland. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen BundeslÃ¤nder (federal states). ...

A few years later in 1359, Bogdan of Cuhea, another Maramureş voivode who had fallen out with the Hungarian king, crossed the Carpathians, took control of Moldavia and succeeded in separating Moldavia from Hungarian control. Bogdan I of Moldavia(1359-1365) ruled the area from the Ceremuş river in the north down to the Black Sea in the south and east to the Dniestr river. These borders of Moldavia lasted for over six hundred years, until the 20th century. Bogdan's first capital was at Baia which he later moved to Suceava. His home village of Cuhea in Maramureş is now know as "Bogdan Voda". Bogdan I Bogdan of Cuhea (or Bogdan-VodÄƒ; Bogdan I of Moldavia) is the second founding-figure of the Principality of Moldavia, ruling between 1359 and 1365. ... MaramureÅŸ (Hungarian: MÃ¡ramaros) is a county (judeÅ£) in the MaramureÅŸ region, northern Romania, in the North of Transylvania with the capital city at Baia Mare (population: 149,735). ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Bogdan I Bogdan of Cuhea (or Bogdan-VodÄƒ; Bogdan I of Moldavia) is the second founding-figure of the Principality of Moldavia, ruling between 1359 and 1365. ... Cheremosh (Ukrainian: , Romanian: CeremuÅŸ) is a river flows the borderline of Bukovina and Galicia, and tributary of Prut river. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... The river Dniestr (in Polish and Russian; Nistru in Romanian; Дністер, Dnister in Ukrainian; Tyras in Latin; also known as Dniester) is a river in Eastern Europe. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Bogdan may mean: Rulers of Moldavia: Bogdan I of Moldavia (1359 - 1365) Bogdania was an early name for the principality of Moldavia (named after Bogdan I). ... Baia is a commune in the Suceava County, with a population of 6,793 (2002 census). ... Suceava (pronunciation in Romanian: ; German: Suczawa, Yiddish: ×©×Ö¸×¥ Shots) is a municipality-status city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania. ... MaramureÅŸ (Hungarian: MÃ¡ramaros) is a county (judeÅ£) in the MaramureÅŸ region, northern Romania, in the North of Transylvania with the capital city at Baia Mare (population: 149,735). ...

Medieval history

During its history, Moldavia (historical region) has been often the object of dispute of the larger neighbouring powers: Hungary, Poland, the Ottoman Empire and later Russia. In spite of the general instability caused by wars and changing interests, reflected by the short rule of most of the voivodes, a number of princes have succeeded in defending their country against foreign interests and establishing short periods of independence and relative prosperity. Image File history File links Kingdom_of_Hungary_against_Moldovans_flag_in_battle. ... Image File history File links Kingdom_of_Hungary_against_Moldovans_flag_in_battle. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1027x1254, 618 KB) Summary Comet Halley is visible on the date of 22 august. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1027x1254, 618 KB) Summary Comet Halley is visible on the date of 22 august. ...

Petru I (1375 - 1391) founded the fortresses at Neamţ and Suceava and in 1388 extended his rule to include the region of Pocuţia, now in the Ukraine. NeamÅ£ is a county (judeÅ£) in the North of Romania, in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Piatra NeamÅ£ (population: 125,050). ... Suceava (pronunciation in Romanian: ; German: Suczawa, Yiddish: ×©×Ö¸×¥ Shots) is a municipality-status city in the Suceava county, Bucovina, Romania. ...

Stefan I (1394-1399) successfully defended Moldavia against the Hungarians during an attempt to invade the region in 1394 following Stefan I accepting suzerainty to the Polish King.

Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Good) (1400-1432) negotiated a peace treaty with Poland in 1411 and in 1420 defended Moldavia against the first attack by the Turks at Cetatea Alba. Alexandru cel Bun Alexandru cel Bun on a Moldovan coin Alexandru cel Bun (Alexandru I MuÅŸat, Alexander the Kind) was the ruler of Moldavia 1400-1432, son of Roman I MuÅŸat. ... Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( Ukrainian: Білгород-Дністровський; Romanian: Cetatea Albă; Turkish: Akkerman) is a city in southern Ukraine. ...

The most famous of the Moldavian voivodes is Ştefan cel Mare or Stephen the Great (1457-1504). His long reign was marked by numerous battles for independence, yet in spite of that, it also represented a golden era for the Moldavian state, manifested in, among others, the artistic achievements of this period. Stephan the Great (Romanian icon) Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great or St. ...

With an army of boyars and retainers, Ştefan cel Mare fought off invasions from the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Crimean Tatars. He was successful in 34 out of 36 battles against the Turks, and built a new church for each success (among others the famous painted churches of northern Moldavia). His greatest victory was that over the Ottomans, at the Battle of Vaslui. Stephan the Great (Romanian icon) Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great or St. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... Between 1386 and 1572, the Kingdom of Poland was ruled by the following Jagiellon kings: Wladislaus II JagieÅ‚Å‚o Wladislaus III of Varna Casimir IV the Jagiellonian John I Olbracht Alexander the Jagiellonian Sigismund I the Old Sigismund II Augustus See also History of Poland (1385-1569) Categories: Polish history... The Crimean Tatars (QÄ±rÄ±mtatar (aka QÄ±rÄ±m, QÄ±rÄ±mlÄ± and QÄ±rÄ±m tÃ¼rkÃ¼), Pl. ... The painted churches of northern Moldavia are seven Romanian Orthodox churches in Suceava County, Romania in northern Moldavia, built approximately between 1487 and 1532. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... The Battle of Vaslui (also referred to as the Battle of Podul ÃŽnalt) (January 10, 1475) was fought between the Moldavian (Romanian) Prince, Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) and the Ottoman General Suleiman Pasha. ...

The town of Hotin was returned to Moldavia in 1464 following a number of years in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Khotin fortress overlooks the Dniester river Khotyn (Хотин, Polish: Chocim; Romanian: Hotin; Russian: Хотин, Khotin) is a town in the Chernivetska oblast of Ukraine. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

The last Hungarian campaign to re-establish suzerainty in Moldavia was in 1467 led by the Hungarian king Mathias Corvinus. He advanced along the Siret valley taking Bacău, Roman, and Târgu Neamţ, but was defeated at Baia by Ştefan cel Mare. However, by 1473 the Moldavin and Transylvanian merchants had commercial freedom in each others countries and in 1475 Mathias Corvinus and Ştefan cel Mare pledged support to each other against their enemies. Image File history File links Moldova_herb. ... Image File history File links Moldova_herb. ... Map of Romania showing Iasi Iaşi (also known as Jassy) is a city and a county (see Iasi (county)) in north-eastern Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Matthias Corvinus as depicted in Chronica Hungarorum by JÃ¡n z Turca Matthias Corvinus (Hungarian: Corvinus MÃ¡tyÃ¡s and Hunyadi MÃ¡tyÃ¡s, Romanian: Matei Corvin) (February 23, 1443 (?) â€“ April 6, 1490) was one of the greatest Kings of Hungary, ruling between 1458 and 1490. ... The Siret River is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of the Ukraine, flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins Danube. ... County BacÄƒu County Status County capital Mayor Romeo Stavarache, since 2004 Area 41 kmÂ² Population (2002) 210,469 Density 5133 inh/kmÂ² Geographical coordinates 46Â°35â€²N 26Â°55â€²E Web site http://www. ... Roman (Hungarian: RomÃ¡nvÃ¡sÃ¡r, German: Romanvarasch) is a town in Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 69,483. ... TÃ¢rgu NeamÅ£ is a town in NeamÅ£ county, Romania, on the NeamÅ£ river. ... Baia is a commune in the Suceava County, with a population of 6,793 (2002 census). ... Stephan the Great (Romanian icon) Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great or St. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ... Matthias Corvinus as depicted in Chronica Hungarorum by JÃ¡n z Turca Matthias Corvinus (Hungarian: Corvinus MÃ¡tyÃ¡s and Hunyadi MÃ¡tyÃ¡s, Romanian: Matei Corvin) (February 23, 1443 (?) â€“ April 6, 1490) was one of the greatest Kings of Hungary, ruling between 1458 and 1490. ... Stephan the Great (Romanian icon) Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great or St. ...

In 1460 Hussite refugees from Poland and Hungary move to Moldavia to escape religious persecution and found the town Husi, and Csöbörcsök on the bank of river Prut. The Hussites comprised a Christian movement following the teachings of the reformer Jan Hus (circa 1369â€“1415), who was influenced by John Wyclif and became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation. ... This is the Romanian city. ... Length 953 km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge - mÂ³/s Area watershed 27,500 kmÂ² Origin Ukraine Mouth Danube Basin countries Ukraine, Romania, Moldova The Prut, or Pruth river (Ukrainian: ÐŸÑ€ÑƒÑ‚) is 953 km long, originating in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine and flowing southeast to join the Danube...

The Turks seized Cetatea Albă in 1485 and in 1489 Ştefan cel Mare agreed to pay a tribute to the Ottoman Empire in return for autonomy. Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Ukrainian: ; Romanian: Cetatea AlbÄƒ; Turkish: Akkerman; Russian: , Belgorod-Dnestrovsky; Hungarian: NyeszterfehÃ©rvÃ¡r; Italian: Moncastro) is a city in southern Ukraine. ... Stephan the Great (Romanian icon) Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great or St. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl...

The Army in the Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the Moldavians would use light cavalry (Calaraşi) which used similar hit-and-run tactics as the Tatars. This gave them great mobility and also flexibility, in case they found it more suitable to dismount their horses and fight in hand-to-hand combat, as it happened in 1422, when 400 horsearchers were sent to aid Poland against the Teutonic Knights. The horseachers, when making eye-contact with the enemy, chose to withdraw to a nearby wood and camouflage themselves with leaves and branches; and when the enemy entered the wood, they were "showered with arrows" and defeated.^[2] The heavy cavalry consisted of the nobility, namely, the boyars and their guards, the Viteji and the Curteni — the Court Cavalry. In times of war, the boyars (boier in Romanian) were obliged to supply the prince with troops accordingly to their possessions. Under the reign of Stephen the Great, all farmers and villagers had to bear arms. Stephen justified this by saying that "everyone has a duty to defend his fatherland". If someone was found without carrying a weapon, he was condemned to death.^[3] Other troops consisted of professional foot soldiers (Lefegii), and the Plaiesi, who guarded the passes and were ready to ambush the enemy. Stephen reformed the army by promoting men from the free peasantry to infantry (Rāzeşti) — to make himself less dependent on the boyars — and introduced his army to fire-guns. In times of crises, The Small Host (Oastea Mică) — which consisted of around 10,000 men — stood ready to engage the enemy, while the Large Host (Oastea Mare) — which could reached up to 40,000 — had all the free peasantry older than 14, and strong enough to carry a sword or use the bow, recruited. This happened very rarely, as it was devastating for both economy and population growth. At the Battle of Vaslui, Stephen had to summon the Large Host and also recruit mercenary troops. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... In the traditional view, the Renaissance is understood as a historical age that was preceded by the Middle Ages and followed by the Reformation. ... Events August 31 - Henry VI becomes King of England. ... The term Germanic peoples may refer to: the Germanic tribes that in the first millennium were seen as a barbarian threat by the Roman Empire and its successors; the Germanic Christianity that in the second millennium came to dominate much of Northern Europe, politically organized in the Holy Roman Empire... A boyar (also spelt bojar; Romanian: boier) was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Ruthenian (Russian) and Romanian aristocracy, second only to the ruling princes, from the 10th through the 17th century. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... The Battle of Vaslui (also referred to as the Battle of Podul ÃŽnalt) (January 10, 1475) was fought between the Moldavian (Romanian) Prince, Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) and the Ottoman General Suleiman Pasha. ...

Turkish rule of Moldavia

In 1538 the Turks joined by the Tartars invaded Moldavia. Petru Rareş (1527-1538), son of Ştefan cel Mare, defeated the Tartars, but he was betrayed by his boyars and had to flee to Transylvania, and Moldavia became a vassal of the Ottoman Empire for the next 300 years. The capital was moved to Iaşi in 1565. Tatars or Tartars is a collective name applied to the Turkic-speaking people of Europe and Asia. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Petru IV RareÅŸ (ca. ... Stephan the Great (Romanian icon) Åžtefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great or St. ... Tatars or Tartars is a collective name applied to the Turkic-speaking people of Europe and Asia. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... County IaÅŸi County Status Municipality Mayor Gheorghe Nichita, since 2003 Area 93. ...

Through the periods of Tartar attacks, battles with the Ottomans, domination by the Ottoman Empire, and internal squabbling between the boyars and voivodes much of Moldavia was left poor and many villages became depopulated. Weak princes let incompetent boyars rule the state; because the boyars did not pay taxes, the state became bankrupt. In addition to paying tribute to the Ottoman Empire and later acceding to the selection of local rulers by Ottoman authorities, Moldavia suffered repeated invasions by Ottomans, Crimean Tatars, and Russians. The most severe period of Turkish exploitation was between 1711 and 1824 when Phanariot rulers were imposed by the Turks. The Phanariots were Greeks from the Phanar quarter in Constantinople who used to buy the throne of Moldavia and spend their "reign" in extorting sufficient money in order to recover their "investment" and make a profit. Tartar refers to: the Tatars, an ethnic group in present-day Russia (this term formerly extended to nearly all Central Asian and Mongolian ethnic groups) Mongolian tribe Tartars in 12th century hardened dental plaque (see calculus (dental)). You may also be looking for: tartar sauce, salts of tartaric acid: cream... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... A tribute (from Latin tribulum, contribution) is wealth one party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often case in historical contests, of submission or allegiance. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... The Crimean Tatars (QÄ±rÄ±mtatar (aka QÄ±rÄ±m, QÄ±rÄ±mlÄ± and QÄ±rÄ±m tÃ¼rkÃ¼), Pl. ... Phanariotes (from Phanar, the chief Greek quarter at Istambul, where the oecumenical patriarchate is situated) were those members of families resident in the Phanar quarter who between the years 1711 and 1821 were appointed voivodes of the Danubian principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia). ... Phanariotes (from Phanar, the chief Greek quarter at Istambul, where the oecumenical patriarchate is situated) were those members of families resident in the Phanar quarter who between the years 1711 and 1821 were appointed voivodes of the Danubian principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia). ... Fanar (formerly Phanar) is a neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey (formerly Constantinople). ... Constantinople[1] was the name of the modern-day city of Ä°stanbul, Turkey over the centuries that it served as the second capital of the unified Roman Empire, and after its division into East and West, of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire (from the city... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ...

Commonwealth interventions

Main article: Magnate wars in Moldavia The Moldavian Magnate Wars refer to the period at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century when the magnates of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth intervened in the affairs of Moldavia, clashing with the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire for domination of the territory. ...

In the beginning of the 17th century, magnates of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth intervened in the affairs of Moldavia, clashing with the Ottomans for dominance over the territory. Eventually, Poland renouced any claims to Moldavia in the 1610s. For a wealthy or powerful business baron, executive, or tycoon, see business magnate Magnate is a title of nobility commonly used in Sweden, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and some other medieval empires. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Russian expansion

In 1774 the territory became a Russian protectorship while remaining formally a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. In 1792 the Treaty of Iaşi forced the Ottoman Empire to cede all of its holdings in what is now Transnistria to the Russian Empire. An expanded Bessarabia, named after the Wallachian ruler Basarab I, was incorporated into the Russian Empire following the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812 according to the terms of the Treaty of Bucharest of 1812. After Russia's defeat in the Crimean War (1853-1856), the Treaty of Paris stipulated that Moldavia and Wallachia were to be placed under the collective guarantee of the seven powers that signed the treaty, as well as the retrocession to Moldova of Southern Bessarabia (Ismail, Bolgrad, Kahul counties). Image File history File links Rom1793-1812. ... Image File history File links Rom1793-1812. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Transnistria (disambiguation). ... Official language Russian Official Religion Russian Orthodox Christianity Capital Saint Petersburg (Petrograd 1914-1925) Area Approx. ... 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia ceded by the Ottoman Empire to Russia in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish... This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania. ... Posada Battle Basarab I was an early ruler of the principality of Wallachia, known as ÃŽntemeietorul (The Founder) (c. ... Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812 was one of the several wars fought between Imperial Russia and Ottoman Empire War broke out in 1806, when Turkey deposed the russophile governors of its vassal states Moldavia and Walachia. ... Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Second French Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia Imperial Russia Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). ...

Moldavian Voivodes before Unification - 1352-1859

Unification with Wallachia, formation of the modern Romanian state

The 1859 ascendancy of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Moldavia and Wallachia under the nominal suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire united an identifiably Romanian nation under a single ruler. On February 5, 1862 (January 24 Old Style) the two principalities were formally united to form Romania, with Bucharest as its capital. Image File history File links Rom1856-1859. ... Image File history File links Rom1856-1859. ... Image File history File links Rom1878-1913. ... Image File history File links Rom1878-1913. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Alexander John Cuza Alexandru Ioan Cuza (March 20, 1820, GalaÅ£i â€“ May 15, 1873, Heidelberg), more commonly known in English as Alexander John Cuza, was the domnitor (ruler) of the United Principalites of Romania between 1859 and 1866. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania. ... Suzerainty refers to a situation in which a region or people is a tributary to a more powerful entity which allows the tributary some limited domestic autonomy but controls its foreign affairs. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Ø¯ÙˆÙ„Øª Ø§Ø¨Ø¯ Ù…Ø¯Øª Devlet-i Ebed-mÃ¼ddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital SÃ¶ÄŸÃ¼t (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital â€” although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ...

On February 23, 1866 a so-called Monstrous coalition, composed of Conservatives and radical Liberals, forced Cuza to abdicate. The German prince Carol (Charles) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was appointed as Prince of Romania, in a move to assure German backing to unity and future independence. His descendants were to rule as the kings of Romania until the rise of the communists in 1947. February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Carol I, original name Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (April 20, 1839 - October 10, 1914) was elected Domnitor (prince) of Romania in April 1866 following the overthrow of Alexander John Cuza, and proclaimed king on March 26, 1881. ... The King of Romania was the title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Romania from 1881 until 1947 when Romania was proclaimed a republic. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

In 1877, following a Russian-Romanian-Turkish war, Romania was recognized independent by Treaty of Berlin, 1878, acquired Dobruja, though, she was forced to surrender southern Bessarabia (Budjak) to Russia. Charles was crowned as Carol, the first King of Romania, in 1881. 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Russia, Romania Ottoman Empire The Russo-Turkish War of 1877â€“1878 had its origins in the Russian goal of gaining access to the Mediterranean Sea and liberating the Orthodox Christian Slavic peoples of the Balkan Peninsula (Bulgarians, Serbians) from the Islamic-ruled Ottoman Empire. ... The separate Bulgaria after The Treatry of Berlin - Lithography Nikolay Pavlovich The Treaty of Berlin was the final Act of the Congress of Berlin (June 13-July 13, 1878), by which the United Kingdom, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the Ottoman government under Sultan Hamid revised the Treaty... Dobruja, or sometimes Dobrudja (Dobrogea in Romanian, Ð”Ð¾Ð±Ñ€ÑƒÐ´Ð¶Ð°â€”transliterated Dobrudzhaâ€”in Bulgarian, Dobruca in Turkish), is the territory between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, including the Danube Delta, Romanian coast and the northernmost part of the Bulgarian coast. ... 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia ceded by the Ottoman Empire to Russia in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish... Budjak or Budzhak is the southern part of Bessarabia, now part of the Odessa Oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Name

Main article: Etymology of Moldova Moldova was the Romanian name of a medieval principality (Moldavia) which included land in Eastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova and has a controversed etymology. ...

The original name of the region was Bogdania, named after Bogdan I, founder of Moldavia. The names "Moldavia" and "Moldova" are derived from the name of the Moldova river, however the etymology is not known and there are several variants: Bogdan I is the second founder of the principality of Moldova. ... Moldova river is a river of the Moldavia region of Romania, which rises from the Obcine of Bukovina in Suceava county. ...

Binomial name Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Wisent is the European bison, species Bison bonasus. ... Voivod or (more common) voivoda is a Slavic term initially denoting first in command of a military unit. ... Administrative map of Romania with Maramureş county highlighted The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... DragoÅŸ I in a 19th century rendition. ... Binomial name Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Wisent is the European bison, species Bison bonasus. ... Trinomial name Bos taurus namadicus (Falconer, 1859) Trinomial name Bos taurus mauretanicus (Thomas, 1881) Trinomial name Bos taurus primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) The aurochs (Bos taurus) is an extinct European mammal of the Bovidae family. ... In human anatomy, the forehead or brow is the bony part of the head above the eyes. ... DragoÅŸ I in a 19th century rendition. ... DragoÅŸ I in a 19th century rendition. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Dacian language was an Indo-European language spoken by the ancient people of Dacia. ... El Chino, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is an open-pit copper mine Open-pit mining, or opencast mining, refers to a method of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow. ... The Gothic language (*gutiska razda, *ðŒ²ðŒ¿ð„ðŒ¹ðƒðŒºðŒ° ð‚ðŒ°ðŒ¶ðŒ³ðŒ°, * ) is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths and specifically by the Visigoths. ... Moldy cream cheese Molds (British English: moulds) are various fungi that cover surfaces as fluffy mycelium and usually produce masses of asexual, sometimes sexual spores. ...

Population

The partition of Moldavia within Romania's borders has a population of 4,681,555 (2002), while the partition making up the country of Moldova has a population of 3,388,000 (2004 census). Data for the population of the partitions within Ukraine is unreliable, however according to the 2001 census the population is around 1,539,000. The estimated total for all partitions is about 9,608,600 people.

Administrative Regions

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (917x678, 68 KB) This file was made by Bogdan with the help of Xara X and a public domain map from CIA. If you want the vectorial file (in . ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (917x678, 68 KB) This file was made by Bogdan with the help of Xara X and a public domain map from CIA. If you want the vectorial file (in . ... BacÄƒu (Hungarian: BÃ¡kÃ³) is a county (judeÅ£) in the center-east of Romania, in the Moldova region, with its capital city at BacÄƒu. ... Administrative map of Romania with BotoÅŸani county highlighted BotoÅŸani is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in the Bukovina region, with the capital city at BotoÅŸani (population: 128,888). ... GalaÅ£i is a county (judeÅ£) in the East of Romania, in the South of Moldova region, with the capital city at GalaÅ£i (population: 332,154). ... Administrative map of Romania with IaÅŸi county highlighted IaÅŸi is a Romanian county (judeÅ£) in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at IaÅŸi. ... NeamÅ£ is a county (judeÅ£) in the North of Romania, in the Moldavia region, with the capital city at Piatra NeamÅ£ (population: 125,050). ... Administrative map of Romania with Suceava county highlighted Suceava is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Bukovina region, with the capital city at Suceava (population: 118,670). ... Administrative map of Romania with Vaslui county highlighted Vaslui is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Moldovia region, with the capital city at Vaslui (population: 79,658). ... Vrancea is a county (judeÅ£) in the center of Romania in the Moldova region, with the capital city at FocÅŸani (population: 103,219). ...

Famous Moldavians

For important Moldavians see: List of Moldavians This is a list of famous people from the Moldova Republic. ...

Contents

Geography

History

Early history

Medieval history

The Army in the Middle Ages

Turkish rule of Moldavia

Commonwealth interventions

Russian expansion

Moldavian Voivodes before Unification - 1352-1859

Unification with Wallachia, formation of the modern Romanian state

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Population

Administrative Regions

Famous Moldavians

See also

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History

Early history

Medieval history

The Army in the Middle Ages

Turkish rule of Moldavia

Commonwealth interventions

Russian expansion

Moldavian Voivodes before Unification - 1352-1859

Unification with Wallachia, formation of the modern Romanian state

Name

Population

Administrative Regions

Famous Moldavians

See also

Historical Links

External Links

Notes

Geography