The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic: the history of creation and development

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic(MSSR) was one of the 15 state entities that were part of the USSR. Its peculiarity was that it entered the Soviet Union much later than other republics. Let's see how the history of this state education evolved.

MASSR is an autonomous republic within Ukraine

After the end of the First World War, Romania in 1919 annexed Bessarabia (the territory of modern Moldova), which had previously been part of the Russian Empire.

However, in October 1924 on the left bankthe Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed as part of the Ukrainian SSR in the territory with a significant but not predominant number of ethnic Moldovans. One of the main initiators of the creation of this subject was Grigory Kotovsky. Among the reasons that contributed to the birth of this republic, it was the desire of the Soviet leadership to declare a claim on the entire territory of Bessarabia.

The capital of MASSR was alternately Balta, Birzula and Tiraspol. The last settlement remained the central city of the republic the longest.

After the unified Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic was formed in August 1940, autonomy ceased to exist.

Education of the MSSR

In the summer of 1940, the Soviet Union put forward Romaniathe requirement to transfer to him Bessarabia - the former province of the Russian Empire. Official Bucharest was forced to accept this ultimatum, as it did not find support from its allies.

Already on August 2 the Supreme Soviet of the USSR votedfor the creation in the territory of Bessarabia of a new union republic, which was called the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. The capital of this state formation is the city of Chisinau. The republic also included a large part of the MASSR, which earlier was the autonomy of the Ukrainian SSR.

State Symbols of the MSSR

Probably, the symbolism of no Soviet republicwas not so similar to the all-Union, as the attributes that the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic possessed. The flag was almost identical to that of the USSR. The main difference was in the green band, which ran horizontally through its center.

The Moldavian coat of arms also did not differ much from the all-Union coat of arms. On it, however, there was no image of the globe, but bunches of grapes were added.

Control system

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republicin administrative terms it was divided into districts. At different times their number varied from 17 to 60. The largest cities, except the capital of Chisinau, were Tiraspol, Bender, Balti, Rybnitsa.

Nominally legislative functions belonged toThe Supreme Council of the Republic, which has been delegated from its composition by the Presidium, which is the executive branch of power. But in reality all issues within the MSSR were decided by the Communist Party of Moldova, which, in turn, was subordinated to the CPSU.

The abolition of socialism in Moldova

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republicexisted until the twentieth of August 1991. On this date, the decision of the Supreme Council on the independence of Moldova is necessary. This was a natural process, through which all the former republics of the USSR passed during its disintegration. After the proclamation of this act MSSR ceased to exist, but a new state appeared - the Republic of Moldova, which faced many new tasks.

Thus, as is clearly seen, the MSSR in 1940year was created from two quite different territorial units. One of them was originally part of the USSR, and among the population a significant proportion were Russians and Ukrainians. The second part from 1918 and at the very moment of the formation of the MSSR was annexed by Romania. Here the population was monoethnic, and over other nations the Moldovans were numerically prevalent.

Under the Soviet regime, with the help of ideology andstrict administrative methods of management, these differences have been successfully managed to smooth out. But as soon as Moldova gained independence, all the contradictions between these two parts of it spilled out in the form of the Transnistrian conflict.