The history of Moldova can be traced to the 1350s,when the Principality of Moldavia,the medieval precursor of modern Moldova and Romania,was founded. The principality was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1538 until the 19th century. In 1812,following one of several Russian-Turkish wars,the eastern half of the principality,Bessarabia,was annexed by the Russian Empire. In 1918,Bessarabia briefly became independent as the Moldavian Democratic Republic and,following the decision of the Parliament,united with Romania. During the Second World War it was occupied by the Soviet Union which reclaimed it from Romania. It joined the Union as the Moldavian ASSR,until the dissolution of the USSR. In 1991 the country declared independence as the Republic of Moldova.
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR,also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic,Moldovan SSR,or simply Moldavia or Moldova,was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 from parts of Bessarabia,a region annexed from Romania on 28 June of that year,and parts of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,an autonomous Soviet republic within the Ukrainian SSR.
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR,UkSSR,and also known as Soviet Ukraine,was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. In the anthem of the Ukrainian SSR,it was referred to simply as Ukraine. Under the Soviet one-party model,the Ukrainian SSR was governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union through its republican branch,the Communist Party of Ukraine.
An index of articles related to the former nation known as the Soviet Union. It covers the Soviet revolutionary period until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This list includes topics,events,persons and other items of national significance within the Soviet Union. It does not include places within the Soviet Union,unless the place is associated with an event of national significance. This index also does not contain items related to Soviet Military History.
Rîbnița or Rybnitsa is a town in Transnistria in Moldova. According to the 2004 census,it has a population of 53,648. Rîbnița is situated in the northern half of Transnistria,on the left bank of the Dniester,and is separated from the river by a concrete dam. The town is the seat of the Rîbnița District.
The Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,shortened to Moldavian ASSR,was an autonomous republic of the Ukrainian SSR between 12 October 1924 and 2 August 1940,encompassing the modern territory of Transnistria as well as much of the present-day Podilsk Raion of Ukraine. It was an artificial political creation inspired by the Bolshevik nationalities policy in the context of the loss of larger Bessarabia to Romania in April 1918. In such a manner,the Bolshevik leadership tried to radicalize pro-Soviet feelings in Bessarabia with a goal to return it in the presence of favorable conditions and creation of geopolitical "place d'armes" (bridgehead) to execute a breakthrough in the Balkan direction by projecting influence upon Romanian Bessarabia,which was eventually occupied and annexed in 1940 after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
The coat of arms of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 10 February 1941 by the government of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. The coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union. It shows symbols of agriculture,an outer rim featuring wheat,corn,grapes and clover. The red banner bears the Soviet Union state motto in both the Romanian language and the Russian language. In Romanian,it was initially "Пролетарьдинтоатецэриле,униць-вэ!";then,from the 1950s "Пролетарьдинтоатецэриле,уници-вэ!". Both are written in the Latin alphabet as "Proletari din toate țările,uniți-vă!". The acronym MSSR is shown only in Romanian in Moldovan Cyrillic ("РССМ"). The emblem was replaced on 3 November 1990 by the present coat of arms of Moldova. Currently,the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria uses a similar state emblem.
Operation North was the code name which was assigned by the USSR Ministry of State Security to the massive deportation of Jehovah's Witnesses and their families to Siberia in the Soviet Union on 1 and 8 April 1951.
Petru Pascari is a Soviet and Moldovan politician. Petru Pascari was on two occasions the prime minister of the Moldavian SSR:24 April 1970 –1 August 1976 and 10 January –26 May 1990.
Semion Grossu is a Moldovan politician and businessman.
Alexandru Diordiță was a Moldavian politician,who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1958–1970).
Nicolae Coval was a Soviet and Moldavian politician.
Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul was a Soviet and Moldovan politician prominent in the Moldavian SSR,particularly during the Brezhnev era.
Nikita Leontyevich Salogor was a Moldavian and Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (PCM) in 1942–1946. Of Romanian Ukrainian or Moldovan roots,he had a kulak mother,whom he openly denounced later in life. Salogor's early career was in agricultural institutions of the Ukrainian SSR and the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,where he also advanced politically. Following the Soviet advance into Bessarabia in 1940,he joined the leadership of the Moldavian SSR. Immediately promoted to Junior Secretary of the PCM,he was co-opted on its Politburo in early 1941,and took part in a workforce recruitment drive,which is described by historian Ion Varta as connected to the deportation of native Romanians.
Ion Ciubuc was an economist and a Moldovan politician who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Moldova from January 1997 to February 1999.
The Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR),commonly known as the Soviet Union. It de jure legalised a political union of several Soviet republics that had existed since 1919 and created a new federal government whose key functions were centralised in Moscow. Its legislative branch consisted of the Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union and the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union (TsIK),while the Council of People's Commissars composed the executive.
Vladimir Andreyevich Konstantinov is a Crimean and Russian politician who has served as the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea since 17 March 2014.
Kirill Fyodorovich Ilyashenko was a Moldavian politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR from 1963 to 1980. He served the longest as Chairman of the Presidium,serving a total of 17 years.
Fyodor Grigoryevich Brovko was a Soviet and Moldavian politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1941 to 1951.
Dmitry Zakharovich Lebed was a Russian-Ukrainian Bolshevik,Soviet politician and statesman.
