The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, or Moldavian SSR, was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union and existed from 1940 to 1991. It 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. It was bordered by the Kingdom of Romania, later the People's Republic of Romania, to the west and by the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the north, east and south. After adopting a declaration of sovereignty on 23 June 1990 it was renamed the Republic of Moldova within the USSR in May 1991, declared independence on 27 August 1991, and gained international recognition on 26 December 1991 when the Soviet Union was dissolved.
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Population Estimate Year Area (sq km) Independence or Founding Year Dissolution or End Year Classification
Sovereignty StatusHistorical or Dissolved State 1 Sources
1. Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Wikipedia)
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that existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940
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that existed from 1940 to 1991
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- Wikidata population statement, 1989
- Wikidata population statement point in time
On Continent: Europe, Lead section [on-continent]
bordered by the Kingdom of Romania (later the People's Republic of Romania) to the west
- In Group: Historical and Former States of Europe
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