History of Moldova: Primary Documents

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History of Moldova

Greek traveler Strabo’s encyclopedia on the ancient world as he knew it. Section focusing specifically on Mysia, Dacia, and the Danube (parts of modern-day Turkey, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Urkaine, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland)
Compiled by Lacus Curtius
(7 BC; English translations)
Important chronicle of Moldovan history.
(1352-1564; Russian)
Important chronicle of Moldovan history.
(1457-1499; Russian)
Descriptions of Moldova by Dimitrie Cantemir
Latin translation, Descriptio Moldaviae
(1714; Romanian facsimile)
Searchable book-length travel reports digitized at the University of Michigan.
(19th to 20th century; hundreds of facsimiles in many languages)
With a distasteful description of boyars and of the luxuries of the Greeks.
From the Internet History Archive
(1809; English translation)
Decree of Czar Alexander I establishing the Eastern part of Moldavia as a district of the Russian Empire.
(Russian; April 29, 1818)
Book by Adam Neale on his travels
In cooperation with Bayerische StaatsBibliothek
(1818; English facsimiles)
Documents an expedition through southeastern Europe and the southern parts of the Russian Empire.
Information about the geography, history, archaeology, and peoples and cultures of the region.
(1837; facsimile French-language book)
Book. Travel to Southern Russia and Crimea, through Hungary, Wallachia and Moldova.
(1840; French facsimile)
Part of an attempt to make carry out a republican revolution in Moldova in 1848, which proved ultimately unsuccessful.
(Romanian; March 28, 1848)
Second attempt to form a democratic government during the failed 1848 revolution.
(Romanian; 1848)
As Prince of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
From the Internet History Archive
(1866; English translation)
Map of Russian controlled part of Moldova.
(Facsimile; 1883)
Book with a collection of Moldavian chronicles.
(Romanian; 1891)
Written description of Bessarabia or Budzhak.
(1899; Old Russian transcription)
Act of Bessarabian National Council declaring unification with Romania.
(Facsimile with Romanian transcription; April 9, 1918)
Amendment of Moldovan constitution making "Moldovan" the official language of the Moldovan SSR.
(31 August 1989; Russian transcription)
Law designed to distance Moldova from Russian influence and language.
(English; September 9, 1989)
Declaration of independence of unrecognized but autonomous republic in Moldovan territory.
(Russian, August 25, 1991)
Moldovan declaration of independence, declared at the time of the breakup of the Soviet Union.
(English translation; August 27, 1991)
National anthem of Moldova. Adopted in 1994.
(Romanian with English translation; 1994)
Constitution of Modern Moldova.
(English translation; July 29, 1994)
Constitution of unrecognized but autonomous republic in Moldovan territory.
(English translation, December 24, 1995)
Agreements signed by the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
(English translation; 2001-2006)
Official documents of the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development. The four member nations are Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
(2006-present)

Collections of Moldova

Collection of peace agreements entered into by Moldova.
(English)
Moldavian page of the World Documents Library.
(photos; facsimiles)
Collection of historical documents on recent Moldovan history, especially in relation to Russia.
(Russian)
Collection of historical maps of Moldova.
(facsimiles)
Collection of historical maps of Europe.
(facsimiles; Hungarian)
Includes legislation of Moldovan government.
(Romanian transcriptions)
Database of interviews with Jewish people from Moldova.
Includes facsimiles of official documents.
Explore the database by family name, city.
Advanced search here.
(photos, English transcriptions, Moldovan facsimiles)
Legal acts of the Republic of Moldova.
(Romanian transcriptions)
Collection of Moldovan Laws.
Statutes, criminal and civil codes, and other legal materials.
A portal of the BYU Law School.
Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal, and government documents.
Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
(Facsimiles)



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