
The history of Moldova can be traced to the 1350s, when the Principality of Moldavia, the medieval precursor of modern Moldova and Romania, was founded. The principality was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1538 until the 19th century. In 1812, following one of several Russian-Turkish wars, the eastern half of the principality, Bessarabia, was annexed by the Russian Empire. In 1918, Bessarabia briefly became independent as the Moldavian Democratic Republic and, following the decision of the Parliament (Sfatul Țării), united with Romania. During the Second World War it was occupied by the Soviet Union which reclaimed it from Romania. It joined the Union as the Moldavian ASSR, until the dissolution of the USSR. In 1991 the country declared independence as the Republic of Moldova.
0:00:00 - intro
0:00:13 - Summary
0:00:45 - Prehistory
0:01:41 - Antiquity and early Middle Ages
0:02:23 - Principality of Moldavia
0:03:58 - Part of the Russian Empire
0:07:32 - Moldavian Democratic Republic and Union with Romania
0:09:01 - Part of Greater Romania
0:10:48 - World War II and Soviet era
0:13:38 - Gaining independence
0:15:07 - Transnistria
0:15:51 - Independence: the early years, 1991–2001
0:16:25 - Return of the Communists, 2001–2009
0:19:05 - Liberal Democrat and Socialist administrations, 2009 to present
0:20:16 - outro
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