Moldova by william kincaid

Moldova was the main country in the Bessarabia region.

williamdkincaid — 2023-12-04 08:52:54 UTC

Formerly apart of the Ottoman Empire, then was under Soviet control from WW1 until the collapse of the USSR.

Transnistria is an unrecognized State with Russian ties.

williamdkincaid — 2023-12-04 09:20:13 UTC

It is ironically only recognized as a State by the other members of the Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations, which consists of 4 unrecognized post-Soviet breakaway states including previously mentioned Abkhazia and South Ossetia of Georgia, Artsakh of Armenia, and Transnistria.

Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe

williamdkincaid — 2023-12-04 09:24:39 UTC

this is due to multiple factors, one of the biggest being: landlocked depending on agriculture, being in the middle of Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Emigration to find better opportunity away from the Russo-Ukrainian War, etc...