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According to a well-known historical source, the princely flag of Stephen the Great worn during a ceremony in 1485 was described as the "great flag of red silk, beautifully reproducing in gold the coat of arms of the Land of Moldavia" ("Banderium quoque magnum sericeum coloris rubri, in quo arma Terrae Moldaviae pulchre auro depicta erant").
State flag of the Moldavian SSR, later known as SSR Moldova and Republic of Moldova. Ratio: 1:2. 1952 – April 27, 1990: State flag of the Moldavian SSR: Ratio: 1:2. Reverse flag: All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side. 1940–1952: State flag of the Moldavian SSR ...
Moldovan flag at the centre of a crowd during the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests. The national flag of the Republic of Moldova (drapelul național al Moldovei) is a vertical triband of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle holding a shield charged with an aurochs) on the centre bar.
Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced ⓘ or Țara Moldovei lit. ' The country of Moldova '; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe, [8] [9] [10] corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River.
National flag: The State Flag of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian: Drapelul de Stat al Republicii Moldova) is a rectangular cloth, equally vertically tripartite, starting from the flag pole in blue, yellow and red, similar to the flag of Romania. The difference is the State Emblem of the Republic of Moldova disposed in the midst of the yellow ...
Administrative map of the Romanian Principality (1864–1878) Administrative map of Romania (after 1878) As of 1872, the Romanian Principality was organized into 33 counties of which 17 were in Wallachia (12 in Muntenia and 5 in Oltenia), and 16 were in Moldavia (13 in western Moldavia and 3 in southern Bessarabia). [10]
Moldova is the second poorest country in Europe by GDP per official capita after Ukraine and much of its GDP is dominated by the service sector. [23] It has one of the lowest Human Development Indexes in Europe, ranking 76th in the world (2022). [12] Moldova ranks 68th in the world on the Global Innovation Index as of 2024. [24]
The coat of arms of Moldova is the national emblem of the Republic of Moldova.It was designed by the Moldovan artist Gheorghe Vrabie. [1]The escutcheon's aurochs head accompanied by a rose, crescent and pointed star is derived from the coat of arms of the Principality of Moldavia.