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Moldova, Moldavia, Bessarabia — a note

Historical period

⚠ A WARNING ROW. (1) REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: a state since 1991, between the Prut and the Dniester plus a strip beyond it. (2) PRINCIPALITY OF MOLDAVIA: c. 1346-1859, covering eastern Romania, today’s Moldova and southern parts of what is now Ukraine — a different shape entirely. (3) MOLDAVIA REGION OF ROMANIA: Iaşi, Suceava, Bacău, Vaslui, Galaţi, Neamţ, Botoşani, Vrancea — Romanian, and its food is Romanian regional food. (4) BESSARABIA: the imperial governorate from 1812, which INCLUDED the Budjak now in Ukraine and EXCLUDED the left bank of the Dniester. A source’s own term is kept with its date; none of the four is rewritten into another.

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Languages: Romanian

What is recorded

  • The Republic of Moldova, the historical Principality of Moldavia, the Moldavia region of Romania and Bessarabia are four distinct geographic and historical concepts with different extents and different dates. They are stored as separate entities and a source’s own term is preserved with its period rather than converted. documented

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