About Moldova

   

   The Republic of Moldova is a small country, favorably situated in the Southeast part of Europe, neighboring Romania to the West and Ukraine to the East. This piece of land boasts a rich history, abundant in dramatic and agitated events. 
   From the XIV century it was a part of the Moldova Principality, situated between Oriental Carpathians and the Nistru river, in the north bounded by Hotin, and in the South – by the Low Danube and the Black Sea. 
   Following the Peace concluded in Bucharest, in 1812, a part of this territory was asigned to Czarist Russia, which called it Basarabia - an older name, earlier attributed to the southern part. The aim was to identify this territory as a separate geographic entity from the Moldova Principality.
   The Independence of the Democratic Republic of Moldova was proclaimed in January 1918. And later, on March 27 1918 it was decided to re-unite it with Romania. The next annexure process took place in 1940, following the Molotov - Ribbentrop summit. According to this Basarabia became part of the USSR and was proclaimed as the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldavia. It comprised only nine Basarabian counties and six districts from the left bank of the Nistru River. The present territory of Moldova is smaller compared to the area attributed to Russian authorities in 1812, since the North Hotin, Ackerman and the southern Ismail were given up in 1940 by the Soviet authorities to Ukraine.

   Due to the restructuring process that started in the Central and Eastern Europe, in June 1990 Moldova proclaimed its sovereignty, and on August 27, 1991 – its State Independence. In March 2, 1992, the Republic of Moldova became a member of the United Nations.

   Chisinau -  is the capital of Republic of Moldova: the political, economic, cultural and urban center. The first historic record of the name Chisinau goes back to July 17 1436. The name derives from a word meaning “spring, pump, pipe”. This year the city has celebrated its 570 anniversary. It is a green city and white stone city with a population of  800 thousand people. Chisinau is located on seven hills and although it was burnt five times it always revives because it is said that a town located on seven hills will live forever (like Rome).The Greater Chisinau area comprises 18 territorial administrative areas: 1 municipality, 6 towns, 8 communities and 3 villages. The local administrative state body is the City Hall of Chisinau. Chisinau has its unique architecture and history, museums and theatres. The city is poetically called "a flower of stone that is washed upon the soft and sunny rain". This is the first place visited by all the tourists and visitors of Moldova. 
   In the beginning a small market town, Chisinau became in the XIX c. the administrative centre of Basarabia. The city quickly evolved. In a short time numerous buildings were constructed in different architectural styles. Roads, new services and agricultural markets appeared. Chisinau became unique through the original creations of well-known architects such as Bernardazzi, Sciusev, etc. In this City many significant personalities have lived and worked, including, while he was in exile, the Russian poet A. Pushkin. 
   Surrounded by green parks, the centre of the City has preserved its houses from the XIX c., without too many high buildings