Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

Moldova, 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

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• The main success of the national movement was the official adoption of the Moldovan language on 31 August 1989. It also brought the return of the language to the pre-Soviet Latin alphabet.
• According to a report, no less than 86,604 people were arrested and deported in 1940 and 1941 alone.
• With the regime of Nikita Khrushchev replacing that of Joseph Stalin, the survivors of Gulag camps and of the deportees were gradually allowed to return.

Picture

Between 28 June and 3 July 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region.

Image: ANRM, Fototeca, 24945, Attribution, file

Sources

• Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikipedia)
• Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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