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Sandwiched in between Romania and Ukraine, suffering from a pretty bad identity crisis and being officially named the poorest country in Europe... yeah, suffice to say, the Republic of Moldova has it a bit rough.
First of all, to get a bit of etymology confusion out of the way: "Moldova" is the generic Romanian term for the historical region that was formerly occupied by the [[wikipedia:Principality of Moldavia|Principality of Moldova]] between 1346-1859. For the sake of avoiding confusion, English material differentiates between the ''historical region'', which is referred to by the anglicized "Moldavia", and the ''modern region of Romania and country', which are referred to as "Moldova". [[Name's the Same|It can get a bit confusing]], sort of like [[
== History ==
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In 1917, Bessarabia took advantage of the chaos of [[Red October]] to at first declare itself a Moldavian Democratic Republic within Russia in December. In January 1918, it broke off and declared independence, only to vote to unite with Romania in April. Bessarabia joined Greater Romania and the Romanians were really happy about it, whereas the Soviets refused to recognise Romanian rule over Bessarabia and became really pissed. They symbolically protested by creating a [[wikipedia:File:Romania MASSR 1920.png|"Moldavian ASSR"]] on the border with Romania.
The Soviets then benefited from the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. On June 26, 1940, the USSR issued an ultimatum to Romania to withdraw from Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina. Romania had no choice and evacuated the region, which the Soviets took over and renamed the Moldavian SSR. Pissed, the Romanians allied themselves with the Germans and reoccupied it during the invasion of the USSR before getting kicked out again by the Soviets. The Soviets got to keep it after the war in exchange for recognising Romania's re-annexation of Northern Transylvania, essentially creating Romania's modern borders.
'''The Soviet occupation'''
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