Principality of Moldavia | |||||||||||||||
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1346–1859 | |||||||||||||||
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Capital | Baia/Siret (1343–1388) Suceava (1388–1564) Iași (1564–1859) | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | |||||||||||||||
Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Moldavian | ||||||||||||||
Government | Principality: elective absolute monarchy with hereditary lines | ||||||||||||||
Princes of Moldavia (Voivodes, Hospodars) | |||||||||||||||
• 1346–1353 (first) | Dragoș | ||||||||||||||
• 1859–1862 (last) | Alexandru Ioan Cuza | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
• | 1346 | ||||||||||||||
• | 5 February [O.S. 24 January] 1859 | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Moldavian gros Taler | ||||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | MD | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of |
Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova , pronounced [molˈdova] ( listen) or Țara Moldovei, literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй; Church Slavonic: Землѧ Молдавскаѧ ; Greek: Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and old principality in Central and Eastern Europe. It is the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the river Dniester. It used to be an independent state. It existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia (Țara Românească) as the beginning of modern Romania. Sometimes the regions of Bessarabia (with Budjak), all of Bukovina and Hertsa were part of Moldavia. The region of Pokuttya was also part of it for some time.