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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.
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