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Moldova: Basic Facts (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date June 26, 2001
Report Number 95-403
Authors Steven Woehrel, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Moldova was incorporated into the Soviet Union June 1940, and regained its independence on August 27, 1991. Shortly thereafter, Moldova faced challenges from Turkic-speaking Gagauz and ethnic Russians, both residing in Moldova’s Dniestr valley, who proclaimed separatist "republics." Other challenges facing Moldovans include pursuing economic reform and choosing between potential reunification with their ethnic cohorts in Romania and forging an independent identity.