Moldavia (historical region)
| Principality of Moldavia | ||||||||||||
| Moldova (Țara Moldovei) (Romanian) | ||||||||||||
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-en.png) Moldavia under Stephen the Great, 1483
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| Capital |
Baia, Siret 1343–1388 Suceava 1388–1564 Iași (Jassy) from 1564 |
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| Languages | Romanian (Old Romanian),Old Church Slavonic (in early official use) | |||||||||||
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Eastern Orthodox
Minority
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| Government | Principality | |||||||||||
| Princes of Moldavia (Voivodes, Hospodars) | ||||||||||||
| • | 1346–1353 (first) | Dragoș | ||||||||||
| • | 1859–1862 (last) | Alexandru Ioan Cuza | ||||||||||
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| • | Foundation of the Moldavian mark | 1346 | ||||||||||
| • | De jure union with Wallachia | 5 February [O.S. 24 January] 1859 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Taler | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | ||||||||||||
Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova pronounced [molˈdova] or Țara Moldovei, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a historical region, and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river. An initially independent and later autonomous state, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia (Țara Românească) as the basis of the modern Romanian state; at various times, Moldavia included the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak) and all of Bukovina.
The western half of Moldavia is now part of Romania, the eastern side belongs to the Republic of Moldova, while the northern and southeastern parts are territories of Ukraine.
The original and short-lived reference to the region was Bogdania, after Bogdan I, the founding figure of the principality. The names Moldavia and Moldova are derived from the name of the Moldova River; however, the etymology is not known and there are several variants:
In several early references, "Moldavia" is rendered under the composite form Moldo-Wallachia (in the same way Wallachia may appear as Hungro-Wallachia). Ottoman Turkish references to Moldavia included Boğdan Iflak (meaning "Bogdan's Wallachia") and Boğdan (and occasionally Kara-Boğdan - "Black Bogdania"). See also names in other languages.
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