Moldova, officially the. The Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. Located between Romania In the west and Ukraine in the east It borders Romania along the Prut River and the Danube River. In the past, Moldova was in the area of Moldavia (Principality of Moldavia) was later incorporated into the The Russian Empire in 1812 and merged with other Romanian territories to become Romania in 1918 after changing the dominion over this region during the World War 2, Moldova became a territory of the Soviet Union in the name of Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldavian SSR) between the years 2488 - 2534 and was eventually declared independence on August 27 BC 1991

