Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (Romanian: Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, or simply Moldavia or Moldova, was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 from parts of Bessarabia, a region annexed from Romania on 28 June of that year, and parts of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, an autonomous Soviet republic within the Ukrainian SSR.
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
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| 1940–1991 | |||||||||||||||
| Motto: "Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!" "Workers of the world, unite!" | |||||||||||||||
| Anthem: Anthem of the Moldavian SSR | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Soviet republic | ||||||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Chișinău | ||||||||||||||
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| Demonym(s) | Moldavian | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist soviet republic | ||||||||||||||
| First Secretary | |||||||||||||||
• 1941–1942 (first) | Piotr Borodin | ||||||||||||||
• 1991 (last) | Grigore Eremei | ||||||||||||||
| Head of state | |||||||||||||||
• 1940–1951 (first) | Fyodor Brovko | ||||||||||||||
• 1989–1991 (last) | Mircea Snegur | ||||||||||||||
| Head of government | |||||||||||||||
• 1940–1945 (first) | Tihon Konstantinov | ||||||||||||||
• 1991 (last) | Valeriu Muravschi | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Supreme Soviet | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| 28 June–3 July 1940 | |||||||||||||||
• Establishment | 2 August 1940 | ||||||||||||||
• Sovereignty | 23 June 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| 27 August 1991 | |||||||||||||||
| 26 December 1991 | |||||||||||||||
| HDI (1991) | 0.680 medium | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Soviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR) | ||||||||||||||
| Calling code | +7 042 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Moldova (including Transnistria) | ||||||||||||||
After the Declaration of Sovereignty on 23 June 1990, and until 23 May 1991, it was officially known as the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova. From 23 May 1991 until the declaration of independence on 27 August 1991, it was renamed the Republic of Moldova while remaining a constituent republic of the USSR. Its independence was recognized on 26 December of that year when the USSR was dissolved.
Geographically, the Moldavian SSR was bordered by the Socialist Republic of Romania to the west and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the north, east, and south.