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This region was ruled by Romanian-speaking Moldovan princes since the 1300s.
Moldova fell under the control of the Ottoman Turks from the 1600s until
1812. In 1918 control went to Romania and the territory was shifted back and
forth between the two countries. In 1944 the Soviet Union defeated Romania
and the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was established. It gained its
independency in 1991, after the demise of the Soviet Union.