Moldovan or Moldavian is one of the two local names for the Romanian language in Moldova. Moldovan was declared the official language of Moldova in Article 13 of the constitution adopted in 1994, whil
Book in a supposed Moldovan language published in interwar Romania
Octavian Armașu of Südzucker Moldova giving a presentation in Drochia in Russian, 2010. Since Soviet times, Russian usage has remained more common in Moldova than in Romania, having influenced the Moldovan dialect
Demonstration in Chișinău, January 2002. The text on the inscription is "Romanian people—Romanian language".
A welcome sign in Moldovan Cyrillic in Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria, in 2012. The phrase in Latin alphabet is Bine ați venit!
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the w
Moldovan language
…and Science of Ukraine. The language of the Moldovans had for centuries been interchangeably identified by both terms, but during the time of the Soviet Union, Moldovan, or as it was called in English at the time, Moldavian, was the only term officially recognized. Its resolution declared Moldavian a Romance…
Landscape near Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, an area that was previously covered with forests until acid rainfall from a nearby copper smelter killed all vegetation
One of the many impacts of the approach to the environment in the USSR and post-Soviet states is the Aral Sea. (See status in 1989 and 2014)
Military parade on the Red Square in Moscow, 7 November 1964
The Grand Kremlin Palace, the seat of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, 1982