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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Moldova," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Moldova in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Moldova when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Moldova, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Since Romania entered the EU, the murky territorial questions on her northeastern border have started to receive more attention. What are Moldova, Bassarabia, and Transnistria; and how did they wind up suspended between Romania and Russia?
Since Romania entered the EU, the murky territorial questions on her northeastern border have started to receive more attention. What are Moldova, Bassarabia, and Transnistria; and how did they wind up suspended between Romania and Russia ?


With Wilson's famous 14 points, after the First World War, the nationality principle was first upheld as the basis for the creation of new states and for the recombining portions of existing states. How did the interpretation of the principle change in the ensuing years; how consistently was it applied; and in whose interests?


This book analyzes the problem of the Bessarabian Treaty, and offers a glimpse of Romanian foreign policy in the 1920's. Under the Treaty, the de facto unification of Bessarabia with Romania was officially recognized - a great success for Romania. Why, then, did that territory end up under Soviet control (in the " Republic of Moldavia ")?


Mitrasca has sifted through unpublished documents from the national archives of Japan, Romania, Great Britain, France and Italy, and presents excerpts to back up his analysis of diplomatic maneuvering between the World Wars. What could Romania's territorial refinements have mattered to Japan ? What was Italy's interest? And why was the United States the only Great power to steadfastly refuse to acknowledge Bassarabia's union with Romania ? Mitrasca pieces together the evidence, analyzing the overt and covert negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference and in embassies around the world, and traces the evolving situation that in the end produced a result quite different from what was apparently intended in 1920. ... Read more

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The contributions of Moldovan scholars and journalists ensure that the information represents the essence of the country. Complete with maps, notes on spelling and pronunciation, abbreviations and acronyms, and a chronology, this volume is an ideal resource. ... Read more

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Today the self-proclaimed republic of Moldova, a former province of Romania, is at the center of Russia´s geopolitical strategies toward the Balkans. Nicholas Dima provides a concise historical background of Moldova from its years as a territory of the Soviet empire to the post-Soviet era when Russia refused to relinquish its grasp on the disputed region. The core of the book details the political upheaval of the 1980s, the independence of Moldova, and Russia´s subsequent maneuvering of the region back under Moscow´s control. Dima shows how Moscow is now attempting to regain its former geopolitical power by means of assistance to the self-proclaimed Transdnestr region of Moldova -the last Marxist stronghold in the former Soviet space -through which it could potentially gain a new foothold on the Balkans and surprise Europe and the world once again. ... Read more

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Moldova has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners.This report puts these executives on the fast track.Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources).Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given. ... Read more

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I read about this book in the August 2000 issue of National Georgraphic magazine, and grew very eager to read it. For years I've been searching for ways to explore family roots in Shepitikava, Ukraine, around and prior to1920. This book provides details I would not have found anywhere unless Idid the on site research the author Weiner has done. What a find! Auntsborn in Shepitivka prior to 1920 still live today and will be mesmerized bythe details I will soon point out to them. For that matter, their father,my grandfather, may well be pictured in one 1920 photo of Jewish men inShepetivka at the cemetary's new gate.

At long lasta pathway to our family history in Ukraine
I recently received my copy of this long awaited work by Miriam Weiner.In addition to providing the first tangible inventory of what the regional archives hold, in regard to the history of our Jewish families, this bookgives a wonderful pictorial overview of the area. One which most of uscould only imagine until now.It does so by providing photos of the placesour families inhabited in the past, contrasted, in many instances, with howthose same places appear now.

The vivid past jumps off the pages ofthis beautifully formatted book, just as the lure of the book'svastarchive document inventory tempts the reader with its researchpossibilitiesfor the future.

This book is a must for anyonecontemplating research into their family history in Ukraine and Moldova,and a treasure for those who are merely curious about the world ourancestors lived in and left behind. ... Read more

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This volume contains chapters on Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, plus three chapters on Russia's regional politics, its political parties, and the overall process of democratization. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the uneven pattern of political change in these four countries. ... Read more

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Chapters: History of Moldova, List of Rulers of Wallachia, Origin of the Romanians, Literary Sources for the Origin of the Romanians, History of Transylvania, Upper Nobility, Regulamentul Organic, Magyarization, Timeline of Romanian History, Slavery in Romania, Land Reform in Romania, Union of Transylvania With Romania, Romania During World War I, Anti-Romanian Discrimination, Comitatus, History of the Székely People, Danube Swabians, Habsburg Monarchy, Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg Areas, List of Rulers of Transylvania, Junimea, Military Frontier, Austrian Empire, Dacian Warfare, Line of Succession to the Romanian Throne, Gyula, Demographics of the Kingdom of Hungary, Danubian Sich, Khotyn, Trajan's Dacian Wars, Name of Romania, Mózes Székely, Ministry of Administration and Interior, Pale of Settlement, Internationalization of the Danube River, Little Entente, Historical Romanian Ranks and Titles, Hajduk, Glad, Romanianization, Romanian Inventors and Discoverers, History of Christianity in Romania, Histria, Gesta Hungarorum, Republic of Ploieşti, Ethnic Clashes of Târgu Mureş, Nobility and Royalty of the Kingdom of Hungary, Ban, Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, Charles-Frédéric Reinhard, Hungary in World War I, Demographic History of Romania, Long War, Mineriad, Tropaeum Traiani, National Awakening of Romania, Gyula Iii, Tercia Pars Regni, Pipo of Ozora, Unio Trium Nationum, Golaniad, Palatine, Torontál County, Expulsion of Germans From Romania After World War Ii, Universitas Valachorum, History of Coins in Romania, Banat, Bačka and Baranja, Treaty of Berlin, Romanian Treasure, Royal Servant, Pavel Kiselyov, Dinogetia, Chronicle of Huru, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Temes County, President of Romania, Budai Nagy Antal Revolt, Pandurs, Great Union Day, Antisemitic Laws in Romania, Ada Kaleh, Krassó-Szörény County, Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, Treaty of Karlowitz, Nobles of the Church, Royal Castle's Serf, Decree of Tu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=367280 ... Read more

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Chapters: Thraco-Roman, History of the Orthodox Church in Moldova, Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni, Religious Persecution During the Soviet Occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Archbishop of Chişinău. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The term Thraco-Roman refers to the culture and language of the Thracian and Dacian peoples who were incorporated into the Roman Empire and ultimately fell under the Roman and Latin sphere of influence. The term was coined in 1901 by Ovid Densusianu, who used it to describe the "oldest epoch of the creation of the Romanian language", when the Vulgar Latin spoken in the Balkans between the fourth and sixth century, having its own peculiarities, had evolved into what is known as Proto-Romanian. By extension, historians started to use the term to mean the time period of the history of the Romanian people until the 6th century, which witnessed the cultural and linguistic Romanisation of many Daco-Thracian tribes. The territory where this process took place, consensually agreed to be near the Jireek Line is characterized as having two main peculiarities: Page from the Notitia Dignitatum, a late Roman register of military commands, depicting shields of the magister militum praesentalis II. An analysis of East Roman army in 350-476 shows that the Danubian regions provided 54% of the total units. It is for this reason that Galerius "avowed himself the enemy of the Roman name and proposed that the empire should be called, not the Roman, but the Dacian empire".Herodotus, writing in the 5th century BC, is the first to describe the Getae as Thracian tribes. Several other sources from Antiquity claim the ethnic or linguistic identity of the two peoples. In his Geographia, Strabo again identifies the Getae as Thracians: in th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5706627 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: History of Ethnic Groups in Moldova, Religious History of Moldova, Thraco-Roman, History of the Orthodox Church in Moldova, History of the Jews in Moldova, Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni, Religious Persecution During the Soviet Occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Archbishop of Chişinău. Excerpt: The term Thraco-Roman refers to the culture and language of the Thracian and Dacian peoples who were incorporated into the Roman Empire and ultimately fell under the Roman and Latin sphere of influence. The term was coined in 1901 by Ovid Densusianu, who used it to describe the "oldest epoch of the creation of the Romanian language", when the Vulgar Latin spoken in the Balkans between the fourth and sixth century, having its own peculiarities, had evolved into what is known as Proto-Romanian. By extension, historians started to use the term to mean the time period of the history of the Romanian people until the 6th century, which witnessed the cultural and linguistic Romanisation of many Daco-Thracian tribes. The territory where this process took place, consensually agreed to be near the Jireek Line is characterized as having two main peculiarities: Page from the Notitia Dignitatum, a late Roman register of military commands, depicting shields of the magister militum praesentalis II. An analysis of East Roman army in 350-476 shows that the Danubian regions provided 54% of the total units. It is for this reason that Galerius "avowed himself the enemy of the Roman name and proposed that the empire should be called, not the Roman, but the Dacian empire".Herodotus, writing in the 5th century BC, is the first to describe the Getae as Thracian tribes. Several other sources from Antiquity claim the ethnic or linguistic identity of the two peoples. In ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5706627 ... Read more

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Chapters: Politics of Moldova, 2009 Moldova Civil Unrest, Post-Independence of Moldova, Moldovan Cupon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2009 civil unrest in Moldova began on April 7, 2009, in major cities of Moldova (including the capital Chiinu and Bli) after the results of the 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election were announced. The demonstrators claimed that the elections, which saw the governing Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) win a majority of seats, were fraudulent, and variably demanded a recount, a new election, or resignation of the government. Similar demonstrations took place in other major Moldovan cities, including the country's second largest, Bli, where over 7,000 people protested. The protesters organized themselves using an online social network service, Twitter, hence its moniker used by the media, the Twitter Revolution or Grape revolution. In Chiinu, where the number of protesters rose above 15,000, the demonstration escalated into a riot on April 7. Rioters attacked the parliament building and presidential office, breaking windows, setting furniture on fire and stealing property. The unrest began as a public protest after the announcement of preliminary election results on April 6, 2009, which showed the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova victorious, winning approximately 50% of the votes. Final results, published on April 8, showed that the PCRM garnered 49.48 percent of the vote, gaining 60 parliament seats one less than the three-fifths required for the party to control the presidential election. The opposition rejected the election results, accusing the authorities of falsification in the course of counting the votes and demanded new elections. The PCRM has been in power since 200...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22315801 ... Read more

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Chapters: Referendums in Moldova, Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova, Commission for Constitutional Reform in Moldova, Moldovan Referendum, 1994, Cabinet of Moldova, Moldovan Constitutional Referendum, 2010. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series:Politics and government ofMoldova The Commission for the Study and Evaluation of the Communist Totalitarian Regime of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: ) is a commission instituted in Moldova by acting President Mihai Ghimpu to investigate the Communist regime and provide a comprehensive report allowing for the condemnation of Communism as experienced by Moldova. On January 14, 2010 Moldovas Acting President, Speaker Mihai Ghimpu decreed to set up a special Commission for the Study and Evaluation of the Totalitarian Communist Regime in the Republic of Moldova. The commission aims at studying the crimes of Soviet regime in the former Moldavian SSR from 1940 to 1991. It will cover also the period before 1940 related to Moldavian ASSR established by Moscow on the left bank of Dniester River in 1924, on Ukrainian territory. The commission is mandated to deliver a report by June 1, 2010 and subsequently to publish several volumes of documents on the main aspectes related to communist terror in Soviet Moldavia as well as to other human rights infringements. Commission is headed by historian Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, the vice presidents are Igor Cau and Sergiu Mustea, and the secretary being Mihail Tac. Igor Cau contributed to the Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania. The presidential decree no. 165 was issued according to resolutions 1096/1996 and 1481/2006 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25925032 ... Read more

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Chapters: History of Bessarabia, History of Moldavia, History of Transnistria, Sfatul Ţării, Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Bessarabian Jews, History of the Russo-Turkish Wars, Csangos, United Principalities, Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Bessarabia With Romania, Khotin Uprising, Moldavian Democratic Republic, Bolhrad High School, Coat of Arms of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Tatarbunary Uprising, History of Transnistria to 1792, Hospodar, Trajan's Wall, Bessarabian Peasants' Party, Bessarabian Soviet Socialist Republic, Demographic History of Transnistria, Four Pillars of Transnistria, Rumcherod, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Scutelnic. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 161. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sfatul rii was in 1917-1918 the National Assembly (parliament) of the Governorate (guberniya, province) of Bessarabia of the disintegrating Russian Empire, which proclaimed the independent Moldavian Democratic Republic in December 1917, and then union with Romania in April (according to the old style, March) 1918. In August 1914, the First World War started, and 300,000 Bessarabians were mobilized and enrolled in the army of the Russian Empire, the majority in the immediate wake of Russian defeat under Warsaw, when Russian authorities felt desperate. By March 1917, the military actions on the Eastern Front have come to stalemate. Gatherings, meetings, manifestations, conferences of soldiers in the rear of the front line dominated. Many called for a Republic (the Tsar has abdicated in March 1917, but the Russian Provisional Government that took its place has proclaimed the Empire a Republic only in September 1917), and most importantl...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8922890 ... Read more

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Chapters: History of the Romanian Language, Religious History of Moldova, Religious History of Romania, Romanian Folklore, Origin of the Romanians, Thraco-Roman, Balkan Sprachbund, List of Romanian Words of Possible Dacian Origin, Proto-Romanian Language, Folklore of Romania, Romanian Cyrillic Alphabet, Neacşu's Letter, Latin to Romanian Sound Changes, History of the Orthodox Church in Moldova, Căluşari, Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni, Religious Persecution During the Soviet Occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Arcan, Eastern Romance Substratum, Mioriţa, Kukeri, Bridge of Flowers, Jireček Line, Bucharest Bible of 1688, Paparuda, Romanian Lexis, Sârbă, Archbishop of Chişinău, Caloian. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 189. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The origin of the Romanians - the ethnogenesis of the Romanian people (speakers of a Romance language in Southeastern Europe) - can be traced back to the regions Romanized inhabitants living, within the Roman Empire, in the lands north of the Jireek Line (an imaginary line which had divided the influences of the Latin and Greek languages in Southeastern Europe before the 7th century). Besides the Romans and the Romanized autochthonous population (Dacians, Thracians or Illyrians), the Slavs also played a vital role in the formation of the Romanians. Regions of Southeastern Europe inhabited by Vlachs/RomaniansThe early Romanian language, perhaps as early as the 10th century, began to split into four dialects which later tended to become languages in their own right. The principal one, in terms of numbers, is Daco-Romanian, with approximately 25 million speakers. The second largest division is called Arumanian. The other two divisions (Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanian) are quite limited in extent. All these peoples share the Vla...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=367280 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1098 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work spans the time from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation (among the ancient Eastern Slavic tribes) to the end of czarist Russia and on through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. It provides the necessary information for readers to obtain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Russia in all of its many spheres. ... Read more

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Chapters: Battles Involving Moldavia, Wars Involving Moldova, Battle of Vaslui, War of Transnistria, Siege of Vienna, Timeline of Events in the War of Transnistria, Battle of Baia, Battle of the Vorskla River, Battle of Ţuţora, Battle of Lipnic, Battle of Valea Albă, Battle of the Cosmin Forest, Battle of Obertyn, Siege of Cetatea Neamţului, Battle of Cătlăbuga, Battle of Gwozdiec, Battle of Finta. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 78. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Battle of Vaslui - The Battle of Vaslui (also referred to as the Battle of Podul Înalt or the Battle of Racova) was fought on January 10, 1475 between Stephen III of Moldavia and the Ottoman Beylerbey of Rumelia, Hadân Suleiman Pasha. The battle took place at Podul Înalt (the High Bridge), near the town of Vaslui, in Moldavia (now part of eastern Romania). The Ottoman troops numbered up to 120,000, facing about 40,000 Moldavian troops, plus smaller numbers of allied and mercenary troops. Stephen inflicted on the Ottomans a decisive defeat that has been described as "the greatest ever secured by the Cross against Islam," with casualties, according to Venetian and Polish records, reaching beyond 40,000 on the Ottoman side. Mara Brankovic (Mara Hatun), who had formerly been the younger wife of Murad II, told a Venetian envoy that the invasion had been worst ever defeat for the Ottomans. Stephen was later awarded the title "Athleta Christi" (Champion of Christ) by Pope Sixtus IV, who referred to him as "Verus christiane fidei aletha" (The true defender of the Christian faith). According to the Polish chronicler Jan Dugosz, Stephen did not celebrate his victory; instead, he fasted for forty days on bread and water and forbade anyone to attribute the victory to him, insisting that credit be given only to "The Lord." The con...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2668796 ... Read more

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Chapters: Post-Independence of Moldova, Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova, Commission for Constitutional Reform in Moldova, Bessarabian Peasants' Party, Moldovan Referendum, 1994, President of the Moldovan Parliament, Cabinet of Moldova, Moldovan Constitutional Referendum, 2010, Bridge of Flowers. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series:Politics and government ofMoldova The post-independence of Moldova started after the independence of Moldova. In December 1991, an ex-communist reformer, Mircea Snegur, ran an unopposed election for the presidency. On March 2, 1992, the country achieved formal recognition as an independent state at the United Nations. The Soviet system was falling apart quickly, and Moldovan leadership decided to rely on itself to bring the breakaway Transnistria back under its control. In April 1992, the Parliament formed a Ministry of Defense, and Moldova began to organize its own armed forces. In 1992, Moldova became involved in a brief conflict against local insurgents in Transnistria, who were aided by locally stationed Russian armed forces and Don Cossacks, which resulted in the failure of Moldova to regain control over the breakaway republic. A ceasefire for this war was negotiated by presidents Mircea Snegur and Boris Yeltsin in July 1992. A demarcation line was to be maintained by a tripartite peacekeeping force (composed of Moldovan, Russian, and Transnistrian forces), and Moscow agreed to withdraw its 14th Army in parallel with finding a permanent solution for Transnistrian conflict. Also, Transnistria would have a special status within Moldova and would have the right to secede if Moldova changed its statehood, for instance by uniting with Romania. However,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24101290 ... Read more

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Moldova. History of Moldova, Dacia, Roman Dacia, Moldavia, Bessarabia Governorate, Union of Bessarabia with Romania, Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Sfatul Tarii, Transnistria, 2009 Moldova civil unrest, Politics of Moldova, Geography of Moldova, List of cities in Moldova, Foreign relations of Moldova, Moldova and the European Union, Administrative divisions of Moldova, Economy of Moldova, Moldovan wine, Demographics of Moldova, Culture of Moldova, Romanian language, Military of Moldova, Outline of Moldova, Moldovan language, Moldovan leu ... Read more

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Chapters: The Holocaust in Bessarabia and Bukovina, Transnistria, History of the Jews in Moldova, Vapniarka. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Transnistria, during World War II, was a region of the USSR, occupied by Romania, during the maximum eastward expansion of the Axis Powers, from August 19, 1941 to January 29, 1944. Limited in the west by the Dniester river, in the east by the Southern Bug river, and in the south by the Black Sea, it comprised present-day Transnistria (which compared to the whole was only a small portion along the bank of the Dniester) and territories further east, including the Black Sea port of Odessa, which became the capital of Transnistria during WWII. In World War II, Romania, persuaded and aided by Nazi Germany, took control of Transnistria for the first time in history. There was never any attempt to formally annex the occupied territory beyond the Dniester (Romanian: ) River: it was generally considered merely a temporary buffer zone between Greater Romania and the Soviet front line. Transnistria had never been considered part of Bessarabia. In August 1941, Adolf Hitler persuaded Ion Antonescu to take control of Transnistria as a substitute for Northern Transylvania, occupied by Horthy's Hungary. Romania did not annex Transnistria; the Nazi-friendly Antonescu government hoped to annex the territory eventually, but developments on the Eastern Front precluded it . Romania controlled (August 19, 1941 January 29, 1944) the whole "Transnistrian" region between the Dniester and Bug rivers and the Black Sea coast. The region was divided into 13 judee (counties).Romanian opposition parties were against Romanian operations beyond Bessarabia and Bukovina. () Two preeminent political figures of the day, Iuliu Maniu and Cons...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3659647 ... Read more