Soviet Moldavia

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Молдавская Советская Социалистическая Республика Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ
1940–1991
Flag State Emblem
Motto Пролетарь дин тоатe цэриле, уници-вэ! (Moldovan) Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! (transliteration) "Proletarians of all nations, unite!"
Anthem "Молдова ку доинэ стрэбунэ пэ плаюр” ("Moldova cu Doine străbune pe Plaiuri") (1945-1980) "Молдова Советикэ" ("Moldova Sovietică") (1980-1991)
Location of the Moldavian SSR within the Soviet Union.
Capital		Kishinev
Languages		Official languages: Moldavian  · Russianb Minority languages: Gagauz · Ukrainian
Demonym		Moldavian Soviet
Government		Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party Soviet republic
First Secretary
•	1941–1942	Piotr Borodin
•	1991	Grigore Eremei
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
•	1940–1945	Tihon Konstantinov
•	1990–1991	Petru Pascari
History
•	Formation	August 2, 1940
•	Sovereignty declared	June 23, 1990
•	Independence of Transnistria	September 2, 1990
•	Independence of Gagauzia	August 19, 1991
•	Independence declared	August 27, 1991
•	Independence recognized	December 26, 1991
Area
•	1989	33,843 km² (13,067 sq mi)
Population
•	1989 est.	4,337,600
Density		128.2 /km²  (332 /sq mi)
Calling code		+7
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Romania Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Kingdom of Romania Moldova Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Today part of		Moldova  Transnistria
a.	The Romanian language was officially called Moldavian in the Moldavian SSR until 1989.
b.	The Constitution did not define any official language; see Radio Free Europe report for details.

"Молдова Советикэ"
("Moldova Sovietică")

Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, Moldova; Russian: Молдавия; Moldaviya), officially the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldavian SSR or MSSR; Romanian: Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, in Cyrillic alphabet: Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ; Russian: Молда́вская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика Moldavskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known to as Soviet Moldavia, was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on August 2, 1940 from parts of Bessarabia, a region annexed from Romania on June 28 of that year, and parts of the MASSR, an autonomous republic within the Ukrainian SSR.

After the Declaration of Sovereignty on June 23, 1990 and until 23 May 1991 it was officially known as the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova. From 23 May 1991 until the declaration of independence on 27 August 1991, it was renamed the Republic of Moldova whilst remaining a constituent republic of the USSR.

Geographically, the Moldavian SSR was bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south.