Gagauz Republic

The Gagauz Republic (Gagauz: Гагауз Республикасы, Gagauz Respublikası; Romanian: Republica Găgăuzia; Russian: Республика Гагаузия, romanized: Respublika Gagauziya) was a self-proclaimed unrecognised political entity first declared in 1989 that separated from Moldova in 1990 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union but later peacefully joined Moldova after being de facto independent from 1991 to 1995.

Gagauz Republic
Gagauz Respublikası (Gagauz)
1989–1995
Map of the territory claimed by the Gagauz Republic. Its control over this area was relative.
StatusSelf-proclaimed state
CapitalComrat
46°19′N 28°40′E
Common languagesGagauz, Romanian, Russian
GovernmentRepublic
Establishment
History 
 The Gagauz ASSR is unilaterally proclaimed
12 November 1989
 Gagauz ASSR unilaterally raised into the Gagauz SSR separate from the Moldavian SSR
19 August 1990
 Dissolution of the Soviet Union; de facto independence of the Gagauz Republic
26 December 1991
 Entry into force of a law reintegrating Gagauzia as an autonomous territorial unit into Moldova
14 January 1995
 Established
12 November 1989
 Disestablished
14 January 1995
CurrencySoviet ruble, Moldovan cupon, Moldovan leu
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Moldova
(Gagauzia)
Today part ofMoldova
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