Moldavian Democratic Republic
| Moldavian Democratic Republic | ||||||||||
| Republica Democratică Moldovenească | ||||||||||
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 Map of the Moldavian Democratic Republic
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| Capital | Chișinău | |||||||||
| Languages | Romanian | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
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| • | 1917–1918 | Ion Inculeț | ||||||||
| Legislature | Sfatul Țării | |||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | |||||||||
| • | Established | 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1917a | ||||||||
| • | Independence | 6 February [O.S. 24 January] 1918 | ||||||||
| • | United with Romania | 9 April [O.S. 27 March] 1918 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Moldova Ukraine
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| a. | See Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe. | |||||||||
The Moldavian Democratic Republic (Romanian: Republica Democratică Moldovenească), also known as the Moldavian Republic, was a state proclaimed on December 15 [O.S. December 2] 1917 by the Sfatul Țării (National Council) of Bessarabia, elected in October–November 1917 following the February Revolution and the start of the disintegration of the Russian Empire.
The Sfatul Țării was its legislative body, while the "Council of Directors General", renamed the "Council of Ministers" after the Declaration of Independence, was its government.
When the February Revolution occurred in Petrograd in 1917, the governor of the Bessarabia Governorate stepped down and passed his legal powers to Constantin Mimi, the President of the Gubernial Zemstvo, which was named the Commissar of the Provisional Government in Bessarabia, with Vladimir Criste his deputy. Similar procedures took place in all regions of the Russian Empire: the chiefs of the Tsarist administrations passed their legal powers to the chiefs of the County and Governorate Zemstvos, which were then called County/Governorate Commissars.
The Peasants' Congress, which took place in October 1917, voted Mimi out and Ion Inculeț in as the new Commissar. This move was planned by Alexander Kerenski, who sent Inculeț, an associate professor at the University of Petrograd, to Bessarabia to take hold of the situation. As soon as the Peasants' Congress, which had no legal power, voted, Kerenski formally replaced Mimi with Inculeț. When Inculeț arrived in Chișinău to take power, he faced the quiet opposition of the nobility, so he agreed to take the position of deputy commissar to Vladimir Criste. When the republic was proclaimed, Criste stepped down and passed his legal powers to Inculeț.
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