Founding of Moldavia
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The founding of Moldavia was an event, traditionally dated to 1346, when a Vlach military leader, Dragoș, departed the Voivodeship of Maramureș in Transylvania and travelled eastwards with his fellow
The 11th-century runestone G134 referring to "Blakumen" whom many historians identified as Vlachs or Bulaqs (Sjonhem cemetery, Gotland, Sweden)
Voivode Dragoș's hunt for the bison (by Constantin Lecca)
Impression of Bogdan I, the 15th-century founder of Moldavia, by Pierre Auguste Bellet (1865–1924)
Moldova
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Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of 33,843 km2 and a population of 2.38 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukra
Founding of Moldavia
…the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak) and all of Bukovina. The western half of Moldavia is now part of Romania, the eastern side belongs to the Republic of Moldova, while the northern and southeastern parts are territories of Ukraine. Founding of Wallachia…
Dragoș, founder of the Principality of Moldavia, 19th-century depiction
Scenery in Moldova, with Nistru River (Dniester)
Moldovan landscape in the Ungheni District
La Castel landscape reserve near Gordinești, Edineț District