Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova)
Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, andTajikistan
The country of Moldova was formerly known as the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. After the Declaration of Sovereignty on June 23, 1990, and until the Declaration of Independence on August 27, 1991, it was officially referred to as the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova, and since early 1991 as Republic of Moldova. The Moldavian SSR started out as part of the Ukrainian SSR as Moldavian ASSR (from 1924 until 1940).
The Soviet Union was spread out in Northern Asia, the most famous Soviet country was Russia, but others, such as Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus were part of it.
a) Moldova: province in the East of Romania b) Republic of Moldova: independent country at the East of Romania. Ethnically, historically and linguistic this country is also a part of Romania but was occupied by Russians after the world war II. In English we say "Moldavia" for the province/region in Romania, and (The Republic of) "Moldova" for the newly founded country.
Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia.
Moldova is in the southeastern Europe, between Prut and Dniester (Nistru), but also on the left bank of Dniester. It is bordered by Romania and Ukraine. It was formerly a part of Romania and later occupied by USSR.
The Soviet Union annexed Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Byelorussia, Ukraine, and Moldova.
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, the Ukraine, and Moldova.
Georgia, Moldova, Turkmenistan and others.
Artour Aristakisian was born in 1961, in Kishinyov, Soviet Union [now Chisinau, Moldova].
Depends what you understand as nation. Romanians lived in three medieval states, Transylvania, ruled by Hungarians, Moldova ( that included back then today's Republic of Moldova-or- Basarabia/Bessarabia, which actually was the east part of Moldova) and Wallachia. They considers themselves as Romanians, coming back from Imperial Rome. In 1859 Moldova ( Minus roughly Present Republic of Moldova, which was conquered by Russia in 1812 ) united, first being the name of "United Principalities" then "Romania" In 1918 Transylvania united Romania as well as The part of Moldova former conquered by Russia in 1812, namely Basarabia. In 1940, URSS invaded Basarabia and North of Romania again. Stalin gave the South of Basarabia to Soviet Republic of Ucraine and on the rest he formed the Soviet Republic of Moldova, currently republic of Moldova.