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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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