History of Moldova

Principality of Moldavia, 1346–1859 Draft, not yet reviewed

Moldavia was a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. It was first an independent state and later an autonomous state under Ottoman overlordship, and it existed until 1859, when it united with Wallachia. Under Stephen the Great, the state reached its most glorious period. Under Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Ottoman overlordship was confirmed.

Seat of power: Iași

Rulers

• Lațcu of Moldavia, lord of Moldavia, 1368–1375
• Petru II of Moldavia, lord of Moldavia, 1375–1391
• Alexander I of Moldavia, lord of Moldavia, 1400–1432
• Stephen II of Moldavia, lord of Moldavia, 1433–1447
• Iliaș I of Moldavia, lord of Moldavia, 1435–1443
• Stephen III of Moldavia, lord of Moldavia, 1457–1504
• Bogdan III the One-Eyed, lord of Moldavia, 1504–1517
• Stephen IV of Moldavia, lord of Moldavia, 1517–1527
• Petru Rareș, lord of Moldavia, 1527–1538
• Alexandru Lăpușneanu, lord of Moldavia, 1552–1561
• Peter the Limp, lord of Moldavia, 1582–1591
• Ieremia Movilă, lord of Moldavia, 1595–1606
• Vasile Lupu, lord of Moldavia, 1634–1653
• Mihai Racoviță, lord of Moldavia, 1716–1726
• Mihail Sturdza, lord of Moldavia, 1834–1849

Moldavian Democratic Republic, 1917–1918 Draft, not yet reviewed

It was a state proclaimed on 15 December 1917 by the Sfatul Țării of Bessarabia. On 27 March, it entered a conditioned union with the Kingdom of Romania. A meeting of Sfatul Țării members proclaimed the unconditional union of Bessarabia with Romania.

Seat of power: Chișinău

Rulers

• Ion Inculeț, Head of state, 1917–1918

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1940–1991 Draft, not yet reviewed

It was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union that existed from 1940 to 1991. It was formed on 2 August 1940 from parts of Bessarabia, annexed from Romania on 28 June of that year, and parts of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Its independence was officially recognized by the international community on 26 December of that year, when the Soviet Union was dissolved.

Seat of power: Chișinău

Moldova, 1991 to today Draft, not yet reviewed

On 27 August 1991, the Moldavian SSR declared independence and took the name Moldova. The strip of Moldovan territory on the east bank of the Dniester has been under the de facto control of the breakaway government of Transnistria since 1990. The constitution of Moldova was adopted in 1994, and the country became a parliamentary republic. Moldova was granted candidate status in the European Union in June 2022.

Seat of power: Chișinău

Rulers

• Mircea Snegur, President of Moldova, 1990–1997
• Petru Lucinschi, President of Moldova, 1997–2001
• Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova, 2001–2009
• Mihai Ghimpu, President of Moldova, 2009–2010
• Marian Lupu, President of Moldova, 2010–2012
• Vlad Filat, President of Moldova, 2010–2010
• Nicolae Timofti, President of Moldova, 2012–2016
• Igor Dodon, President of Moldova, 2016–2020
• Maia Sandu, President of Moldova, 2020 to today