{"id":114332,"date":"2026-07-21T13:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=114332"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:59:55","slug":"moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Key Facts about Moldova Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The President of India recently reached Moldova, marking the first visit by an Indian President to Moldova.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Moldova<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moldova, officially the<\/span><b> Republic of Moldova<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a<\/span><b> landlocked country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in<\/span><b> Eastern Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in the<\/span><b> east of the Carpathian Mountains between<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Prut and Dniester Rivers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>bordered <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by<\/span><b> Romania to the west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> Ukraine to the north, east, and south.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>History<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Formerly <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known as <\/span><b>Bessarabia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this region was an <\/span><b>integral part of the Romanian <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">principality of Moldavia until 1812, when it was <\/span><b>ceded to Russia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by its suzerain, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bessarabia remained a <\/span><b>province of the Russian Empire until after <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/world-war-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">World War I<\/a>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when it <\/span><b>became a part of Greater Romania.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It reverted to <\/span><b>Russian control in 1940\u201341.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again<\/span><b> after World War II<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it was joined to a strip of formerly Ukrainian territory, the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, on the left bank of the Dniester River to form the <\/span><b>Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in August 1991, this republic <\/span><b>declared its independence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and took the name Moldova.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Government<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The government system is a <\/span><b>republic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the chief of state is the president, and the head of government is the prime minister.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Capital: Chi\u0219in\u0103u<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Currency: Moldovan Leu (MDL)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Romanian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>official language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian, Gagauze, and Ukrainian are the major minority languages spoken in the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Economy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Moldova&#8217;s economy is<\/span><b> primarily agricultura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l, with <\/span><b>wine production<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being a significant aspect of its identity, as the country is famous for its vineyards and winemaking traditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286601&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. 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