Sfatul Țării
"Council of the Country" Sfatul Țării | |
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| Leadership | |
| Seats | 150 |
| Elections | |
Last election | 1917 |
| Meeting place | |
| Sfatul Țării Palace, Chișinău | |
| History of Moldova |
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| Moldova portal |
Sfatul Țării ("Council of the Country"; Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsfatul ˈt͡sərij]) was a council of political, public, cultural, and professional organizations in the Governorate of Bessarabia in Tsarist Russia. This became a legislative body which established the Moldavian Democratic Republic as part of the Russian Federative Republic in December 1917. and then union with Romania in April [O.S. March] 1918.