moldova

By the orders from Kremlin, in July 1949, within two day, 35,000 Moldovan civilians including 12,000 children were deported to Siberia. This is an interesting video describing inhumane conditions of the deportation and extreme hardship in Siberia. -fRyrVg5ALk This is a good link showing the...

In fact, there is a sort of "continuum" from Christmas till after the New Year. Not just in Moldova/Romania, but generally in the Est and South-East Europe. It's a long holiday, when one can enjoy being at home, surrounded by family and friends, abusing food and drink, having a good time...

In line with the Belarus thread ;) I've never understood that country. Its vague to me, I never see it in the news. Its landlocked and nestled between Ukraine and Romania. I expect it to be relatively less wealthy than its neighbors. Now, back to the main question(s): What's the history...

Seriously this must be the forgotten country of Europe. I've never heard anything about Moldova in the Media nor during my time in school (Swedish that is). Could someone enlight me about Moldova and its place in Europe? Are they known for anything? wars? politics? history?