Moldavia

Principality of Moldavia
*Moldova*, *Țara Moldovei* (Romanian)
Principality of Moldavia Moldova, Țara Moldovei (Romanian)
1346–1862
	Top: Flaga (14th–15th cent.) ; Bottom: Civil Ensign (1834-1861) Coat of armsb; (14th–15th cent.) Coat of arms; (1855)
	Location of the Principality of Moldavia, 1789
	Moldavia under Stephen the Great, 1483
Status	Ottoman vassal (1498–1572; 1574–1600; 1618–1859); Polish vassal (1601–1618); Russian protectorate (1829–1856); International protectorate (1856–1859);
Capital	Baia/Siret (1343–1388); Suceava (1388–1564); Iași (from 1564);
Common languages	Romanian; Church Slavonic; Greek;
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Minority Roman Catholic; Armenian; Judaism; Old Believers;
Demonym(s)	Romanian (endonym) / Moldavian (exonym)
Government	Principality
Princes of Moldavia (Voivodes, Hospodars)
• 1346–1353 (first)	Dragoș
• 1859–1862 (last)	Alexandru Ioan Cuza
History
• Foundation of the Moldavian mark	1346
• Union with Wallachia	5 February [O.S. 24 January] 1862
Currency	Moldavian gros; Taler;
ISO 3166 code	MD
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kingdom of Hungary
	Golden Horde
United Principalities
Bukovina District
Bessarabia Governorate
Today part of	Moldova; Romania; Ukraine;
	^ Modern reconstruction of a Moldavian princely standard (attested versions of the number and general aspects of symbols other than the aurochs vary considerably).; ^ Modern reconstruction of a Moldavian coat of arms based on the seals of Stephen the Great, Roman I and others (attested versions of the field tincture and number and general aspects of symbols other than the aurochs vary considerably).;

Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced [molˈdova] ^ⓘ or Țara Moldovei lit. 'The country of Moldova'; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially independent and later autonomous state, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia (Țara Românească) as the basis of the modern Romanian state; at various times, Moldavia included the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina and Hertsa. The region of Pokuttya was also part of it for a period of time.

The western half of Moldavia is now part of Romania, the eastern side belongs to the Republic of Moldova, and the northern and southeastern parts are territories of Ukraine.