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The Moldovan resistance during World War II opposed Axis-aligned Romania and Nazi Germany, as part of the larger Soviet partisan movement. The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (MSSR), presently Moldova , had been created in August 1940 after a Soviet annexation , and liberated by Romania during Operation Barbarossa .
The history of Moldova spans prehistoric cultures, ancient and medieval empires, and periods of foreign rule and modern independence. Evidence of human habitation dates back 800,000–1.2 million years, with significant developments in agriculture , pottery , and settlement during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages .
After the failure of the Tatarbunary Uprising, the Soviets promoted the newly created Moldavian Autonomous Oblast existing within the Ukrainian SSR on part of the territory between the Dniester and Bug rivers, to a Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldavian ASSR), on 12 October 1924, as a way to primarily prop up the Soviet propaganda effort in Bessarabia, but also to exert ...
On April 6, 1949, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee issued decision number 1290-467cc, which called for 11,280 families from Moldavian SSR to be deported as kulaks or collaborators with Nazi Germany during World War II.
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This is a list of conflicts involving Moldova. Victory of Moldova (and allies) Defeat of Moldova (and allies) Another result *e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Moldova, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
The initial Soviet invasion and occupation of the Baltic states began in June 1940 under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, made between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany in August 1939 before the outbreak of World War II. [1] [2] The three independent Baltic countries were annexed as constituent Republics of the Soviet Union in August 1940.
The battle of Bender, also known as the battle of Tighina or the battle of Bendery (Romanian: Bătălia de la Tighina; Russian: Битва за Бендеры, romanized: Bitva za Bendery), was fought between 19 and 21 June 1992 between Moldova, backed by volunteers, military advisors and purchased weapons sourced from Romania; and the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, commonly known as ...