Moldovan Cyrillic script
(then official)
Romanian Latin script
(now official)
IPA transcription
(Moldavian dialect)
Poetic English translation
I
Молдова Советикэ, плаюл ностру-н флоаре,
Алэтурь де алте републичь сурорь.
Пэшеште ымпреунэ ку Русия маре,
Спре ал Униуний сенин виитор.
II
Дойна ынфрэцирий прослэвеште Цара,
Ку ынцелепчиуне кондусэ де Партид.
Кауза луй Ленин – каузэ мэряцэ –
О ынфэптуеште попорул стрынс унит.
III
Славэ ын вякурь, ренэскут пэмынт!
Мунка сэ-ць фие крятор авынт!
Ши комунисмул – цел нестрэмутат –
Ыналцэ-л прин фапте пентру феричиря та![1][14][15]
I
Moldova Sovietică, plaiul nostru-n floare,
Alături de alte republici surori.
Pășește împreună cu Rusia mare,
Spre al Uniunii senin viitor.
II
Doina înfrățirii proslăvește Țara,
Cu înțelepciune condusă de Partid.
Cauza lui Lenin – cauză măreață –
O înfăptuiește poporul strâns unit.
III
Slavă în veacuri, renăscut pământ!
Munca să-ți fie creator avânt!
Și comunismul – țel nestrămutat –
Înalță-l prin fapte pentru fericirea ta![1][14]
1
[mol.do.va so.vje.ti.kə pla.jul nos.truɱ̩ flo̯a.re
a.lə.turʲ de al.te re.pu.blit͡ʃʲ su.rorʲ
pə.ʃəʃ.te ɨm.prew.nə ku ru.si.je ma.re
spre al u.ni.u.nij se.nin vi.ji.tor]
2
[doj.na ɨɱ.frər.t͡si.rij pro.slə.veʃ.te t͡sa.ra
ku ɨn.t͡se.lep.t͡ʃi.u.ne kon.du.sə de par.tid
kaw.za luj le.nin kaw.zə mə.re̯a.tsə
o ɨɱ.fəp.tu.jeʃ.te po.po.rul strɨns u.nit]
3
[sla.və ɨɱ ve̯a.kurʲ re.nəs.kut pə.mɨnt
muŋ.ka sət͡sʲ fi.je kre̯a.tor a.vɨnt
ʃi ko.mu.niz.mul t͡sel nes.trə.mu.tat
ɨ.nal.tsəl̩ priɲ fap.te pen.tru fe.rɨ.t͡ʃi.re̯a ta]
1
Soviet Moldova, our land of flowers,
Along with our sister republics,
Together with Great Mother Russia we march on,
Toward the Union's future so serene.
2
The fraternal doina the country praiseth,
As our great Party sagaciously us leadeth.
The cause of Lenin, a cause so noble,
Brought about by our undivided people.
3
Of aeons glorious, oh land renewed!
For thee may labour be a sire great!
And communism, this goal unshaken –
Thou raisest it through the achievements for thy blessing!
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Moldovan: Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ
Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească (Romanian)
Молдавская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
Moldavskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika
1940–1991
Motto: "Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!"
"Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem: Anthem of the Moldavian SSR
Status
Capital
and largest city
Official languages
Minority languages
Government
Unitary Marxist–Leninist soviet republic
• 1941–1942 (first)
• 1989–1990 (last)[1]
• 1940–1951 (first)
• 1989–1991 (last)
• 1940–1945 (first)
• 1991 (last)
Legislature
History
28 June–3 July 1940
• Establishment
2 August 1940
• Sovereignty
23 June 1990
27 August 1991
26 December 1991
HDI (1991)
0.680
medium
Currency
Soviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR)
Calling code
7 042
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (Romanian: Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, or simply Moldavia or Moldova, was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 from parts of Bessarabia, a region annexed from Romania on 28 June of that year, and parts of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, an autonomous Soviet republic within the Ukrainian SSR.
After the Declaration of Sovereignty on 23 June 1990, and until 23 May 1991, it was officially known as the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova. From 23 May 1991 until the declaration of independence on 27 August 1991, it was renamed the Republic of Moldova while remaining a constituent republic of the USSR. Its independence was recognized on 26 December of that year when the USSR was dissolved.
Geographically, the Moldavian SSR was bordered by the Socialist Republic of Romania to the west and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to the north, east, and south.
The coat of arms of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 10 February 1941 by the government of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldavian SSR). The coat of arms is based on the coat of arms of the Soviet Union. It shows symbols of agriculture, an outer rim featuring wheat, corn, grapes and clover. The red banner bears the Soviet Union state motto ("Workers of the world, unite!") in both the Romanian language (in Moldovan Cyrillic) and the Russian language. In Romanian, it was initially "Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, униць-вэ!"; then, from the 1950s "Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, уници-вэ!". Both are written in the Latin alphabet as "Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!". The acronym MSSR is shown only in Romanian in Moldovan Cyrillic ("РССМ"). The emblem was replaced on 3 November 1990 by the present coat of arms of Moldova. Currently, the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria uses a similar state emblem.