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Молдова / Moldova

is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south.

 

In antiquity, the territory of the present day country was part of Dacia, then fell under the influence of the Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages, most of the present territory of Moldova was part of the Principality of Moldavia. In 1812, the eastern part of this principality was annexed by the Russian Empire and became known as Bessarabia. Between 1856 and 1878, two southern counties were returned to Moldavia, which in 1859 united with Wallachia to form modern Romania.

 

Upon the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1917, an autonomous, then independent Moldavian Democratic Republic was formed, which joined Greater Romania in 1918. In 1940, Bessarabia was occupied by the Soviet Union, and was split between the Ukrainian SSR and the newly created Moldavian SSR. After changing hands in 1941 and 1944 during World War II, the territory of the modern country was subsumed by the Soviet Union until its independence on August 27, 1991. Moldova was admitted to the United Nations in March 1992.

 

In September 1990, a breakaway government was formed in Transnistria, the strip of Moldova on the east bank of the river Dniester. After a brief war in 1992, it became de facto independent, although no UN member has recognized its independence.

 

The country is a parliamentary democracy with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. Moldova is a member state of the United Nations, Council of Europe, WTO, OSCE, GUAM, CIS, BSEC and other international organizations. Moldova currently aspires to join the European Union, and has implemented the first three-year Action Plan within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). About a quarter of the population lives off of less than US $2 a day.

 

History

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Geography

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Oficial name:

Republica Moldova / Република Молдова

+ gag: Moldova Respublikası / Молдова Республикасы

rus: Республика Молдова (Respublika Moldova)

ukr: Республіка Молдова (Respublika Moldova)

 

Independence:

Date August 27, 1991

- Finalised December 25, 1991

 

Area:

33.843 km2

 

Inhabitants:

5.000.000

 

Languages:

Română

Bulgarian [bul] 394,688 in Moldova. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Eastern

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Gagauz [gag] 138,000 in Moldova (2000). Population total all countries: 150,000. Cultural center is Kishinev. Also spoken in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Romania, Ukraine. Alternate names: Gagauzi. Dialects: Bulgar Gagauzi, Maritime Gagauzi. Close to Turkish, but uses Russian Orthodox Christian religious vocabulary in contrast to the Islamic vocabulary of Turkish. Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Turkish

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Moldova Sign Language [vsi] Classification: Deaf sign language

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Romani, Balkan [rmn] 12,000 in Moldova (1993 Johnstone). Moldova; Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine. Alternate names: Gypsy. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Balkan

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Romanian [ron] 2,664,000 in Moldova (1979 census). Moldova, and throughout the country. Alternate names: Moldavan, Roumanian, Rumanian. Dialects: Moldavan (Moldovian, Moldovean), Muntenian (Walachian, Muntean), Banat, Bayash, Chrishana, Maramuresh, Oltenia-Lesser Wallachia (Oltean). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern

 

Capital city:

Chisinau

 

Meaning country name:

From the Moldova River in Romania, possibly from Gothic Mulda (dust, mud) via the [[Principality of Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian).

 

Description Flag:

The national flag of Moldova is a vertical tricolor of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle holding a shield charged with an aurochs) on the center bar on the obverse side only. The flag ratio is 1:2 .Along with the flag of Paraguay and the flag of Saudi Arabia, the flag of Moldova is one of the few national flags with differing obverse and reverse sides.Although the reverse of the flag is officially stated as not containing any coat of arms, Moldovan flags with a backwards version of the coat of arms printed on the reverse are also used

 

Coat of arms:

The coat of arms of Moldova consists of a stylized eagle holding a cross in its beak and a sceptre and a branch in its claws. It is based on the coat of arms of Romania.

The chest of the eagle is protected by a shield that bears the traditional insigns of Moldavia: an aurochs head with the sun among its horns. It also contains two rhombi, a five-petal flower and a moon in a crescent phase. Everything on the shield has one of the three traditional colours: red, yellow, blue.

 

Motto:

" Limba noastră-i o comoară "

 

National Anthem: Limba noastră

 

Limba noastră-i o comoară

În adâncuri înfundată

Un şirag de piatră rară

Pe moşie revărsată.

Limba noastră-i foc ce arde

Într-un neam, ce fără veste

S-a trezit din somn de moarte

Ca viteazul din poveste.

Limba noastră-i numai cântec,

Doina dorurilor noastre,

Roi de fulgere, ce spintec

Nouri negri, zări albastre.

Limba noastră-i graiul pâinii,

Când de vânt se mişcă vara;

In rostirea ei bătrânii

Cu sudori sfinţit-au ţara.

Limba noastră-i frunză verde,

Zbuciumul din codrii veşnici,

Nistrul lin, ce-n valuri pierde

Ai luceferilor sfeşnici.

Nu veţi plânge-atunci amarnic,

Că vi-i limba prea săracă,

Şi-ţi vedea, cât îi de darnic

Graiul ţării noastre dragă.

Limba noastră-i vechi izvoade.

Povestiri din alte vremuri;

Şi citindu-le 'nşirate, -

Te-nfiori adânc şi tremuri.

Limba noastră îi aleasă

Să ridice slava-n ceruri,

Să ne spiue-n hram şi-acasă

Veşnicele adevăruri.

Limba noastra-i limbă sfântă,

Limba vechilor cazanii,

Care o plâng şi care o cântă

Pe la vatra lor ţăranii.

Înviaţi-vă dar graiul,

Ruginit de multă vreme,

Stergeţi slinul, mucegaiul

Al uitării 'n care geme.

Strângeţi piatra lucitoare

Ce din soare se aprinde -

Şi-ţi avea în revărsare

Un potop nou de cuvinte.

Răsări-va o comoară

În adâncuri înfundată,

Un şirag de piatră rară

Pe moşie revărsată.

 

English translation

A treasure is our language that surges

From deep shadows of the past,

Chain of precious stones that scattered

All over our ancient land.

A burning flame is our language

Amidst a people waking

From a deathly sleep, no warning,

Like the brave man of the stories.

Our language is made of songs

From our soul's deepest desires,

Flash of lighting striking swiftly

Through dark clouds and blue horizons.

Our language is the language of bread

When the winds blow through the summer,

Uttered by our forefathers who

Blessed the country through their labour.

Our language is the greenest leaf

Of the everlasting forests,

Gentle river Nistru's ripples

Hiding starlight bright and shining.

Utter no more bitter cries now

That your language is too poor,

And you will see with what abundance

Flow the words of our precious country.

Our language is full of legends,

Stories from the days of old.

Reading one and then another

Makes one shudder, tremble and moan.

Our language is singled out

To lift praises up to heaven,

Uttering with constant fervour

Truths that never cease to beckon.

Our language is more than holy,

Words of homilies of old

Wept and sung perpetually

In the homesteads of our folks.

Resurrect now this our language,

Rusted through the years that have passed,

Wipe off filth and mould that gathered

When forgotten through our land.

Gather now the sparkling stone,

Catching bright light from the sun.

You will see the endless flooding

Of new words that overflow.

A treasure will spring up swiftly

From deep shadows of the past,

Chain of precious stones that scattered

All over our ancient land.

 

Internet Page: www.moldova.md

www.e-gov.moldova.md

www.moldova.org

www.worldofmoldova.com

www.turism.md

 

Moldova in diferent languages

 

eng | cor | fao | fin | glv | jnf | kal | kin | lin | lld | nor | ron | run | swa | vor | wln: Moldova

bre | ina | ita | jav | roh | rup | scn | spa: Moldova; Moldavia

ast | eus | glg | sqi: Moldavia

cat | oci | srd: Moldova; Moldàvia

crh | kaa | uzb: Moldova / Молдова; Moldaviya / Молдавия

ces | slk: Moldavsko

dsb | hsb: Moldawska

frp | fur: Moldavie

gag | mol: Moldova / Молдова

ind | msa: Moldova / مولدوۏا

lim | nld: Moldavië

ltz | nds: Moldawien / Moldawien

sme | tet: Moldávia

afr: Moldova; Moldawië

arg: Moldoba; Moldabia

aze: Moldova / Молдова; Moldaviya / Молдавија

bam: Mɔlidɔwa; Mɔlidawi

bos: Moldavija / Молдавија

csb: Mołdawiô; Mòłdawskô

cym: Moldofa; Moldafia

dan: Moldova; Moldavien

deu: Moldawien / Moldawien; Moldau / Moldau

epo: Moldavujo; Moldavio

est: Moldova; Moldaavia

fra: Moldova; Moldavie

fry: Moldaavje

gla: A’ Mholdobha; Moldòbha; Moldàibhia

gle: An Mholdóiv / An Ṁoldóiv

hat: Moldavi

hrv: Moldavija

hun: Moldva; Moldova

ibo: Mọldevia

isl: Moldóva; Moldovía

kmr: Moldavî / Молдави / مۆلداڤی; Maldavî / Малдави / مالداڤی

kur: Moldavya / مۆلداڤیا

lat: Moldovia; Moldavia

lav: Moldova; Moldāvija

lit: Moldova; Moldavija

mlg: Môldavia

mlt: Moldova; Moldavja

mri: Morotowa

nrm: Basse-Môldavie; Moldova

pol: Mołdawia

por: Moldávia; Moldova

que: Mulduwa

rmy: Moldova / मोल्दोवा

slo: Moldovia / Молдовиа

slv: Moldavija

smg: Moldavėjė

smo: Moletova

swe: Moldavien

szl: Moudawjo

tgl: Moldabya

ton: Molotova

tuk: Moldowa / Молдова; Moldawiýa / Молдавия

tur: Moldova; Moldavya

vie: Môn-đô-va

vol: Moldovän

wol: Moldaawi

zza: Moldawya

alt | bul | kir | kjh | kom | krc | kum | rus | tyv | udm | ukr: Молдова (Moldova); Молдавия (Moldavija)

mon | xal: Молдав (Moldav)

abq: Молдова (Mołdova); Молдавия (Mołdavija)

bak: Молдова / Moldova; Молдавия / Moldaviya

bel: Малдова / Małdova; Малдавія / Małdavija

che: Молдова (Moldova); Молдави (Moldavi)

chm: Молдова (Moldova); Молдавий (Moldavij)

chv: Молдовӑ (Moldovă); Молдави (Moldavi)

kaz: Молдова / Moldova / مولدوۆا; Молдавия / Moldavïya / مولداۆيا

kbd: Молдовэ (Moldovă); Молдавие (Moldavie)

mkd: Молдавија (Moldavija)

oss: Молдовӕ (Moldovä); Молдави (Moldavi)

srp: Молдавија / Moldavija

tat: Молдова / Moldova; Молдавия / Moldaviä

tgk: Молдова / مالداوه / Moldova; Молдавия / مالدویه / Moldavija

ukr: Молдова (Moldova); Молдавія (Moldavija)

ara: مولدوفا (Mūldūfā); ملدوفا (Muldūfā); مولدافيا (Mūldāfiyā); ملدافيا (Muldāfiyā)

fas: مولدووا / Moldovâ; مولداوی / ملداوی / Moldâvi

prs: مولداویا (Mōldāviyā)

pus: مولداويا (Moldāwiyā); مولداويه / ملداويه (Moldāwiyâ); مولداوي (Moldāwī)

uig: مولدوۋا / Moldowa / Молдова; مولداۋىيە / Moldawiye / Молдавия

urd: مالڈووا (Mālḋovā); مولڈووا (Môlḋovā); مولڈاویا (Môlḋāviyā)

div: މޯލްޑޯވާ (Mōlḋōvā)

syr: ܡܘܠܕܘܒܐ (Mōldōbā); ܡܘܠܕܦܝܐ (Mōldapiyā)

heb: מולדויה (Môldavyah); מולדאוויה (Môldâvyah); מולדביה (Môldaṿyah); מולדובה (Môldôṿah); מולדובא (Môldôṿâ)

lad: מולדוב'ה / Moldova

yid: מאָלדאָװע (Moldove); מאָלדאַװיע (Moldavye)

amh: ሞልዶቫ (Moldova); ሞልዳቪያ (Moldaviya)

ell: Μολδαβία (Moldavía); Μολντόβα (Molntóva)

hye: Մոլդովա (Moldova); Մոլդավիա (Moldavia)

kat: მოლდოვა (Moldova); მოლდავეთი (Moldaveṭi)

hin: मोल्दोवा (Moldovā); माल्डोवा (Mālḍovā); मोल्डाविया (Molḍāviyā); मोल्दाविया (Moldāviyā)

ben: মোলদোভা (Moldobʰā); মোল্দাভিয়া (Moldābʰiyā)

pan: ਮੋਲਡੋਵਾ (Molḍovā)

kan: ಮಾಲ್ಡೋವಾ (Mālḍōvā)

mal: മൊള്ഡോവ (Moḷḍōva)

tam: மோல்டோவா (Mōlṭōvā); மால்டோவா (Mālṭōvā)

tel: మాల్డోవా (Mālḍōvā)

zho: 摩爾多瓦/摩尔多瓦 (Mó'ěrduōwǎ)

jpn: モルドヴァ (Morudova); モルドバ (Morudoba)

kor: 몰도바 (Moldoba)

mya: မုိဒုိဗာ (Modoba)

tha: มอลโดวา (Mɔ̄ndōwā)

lao: ມົນດາເວຍ (Môndāviya)

khm: ម៉ុលដូវ៉ា (Muldūvā); មូលដូវា (Mūldūvā)

chr ᎼᎸᏙᏩ / Molvdowa

 

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