1989?1995 self-proclaimed political entity in Eastern Europe
The
Gagauz Republic
(
Gagauz
:
Gagauz Respublikası
;
Romanian
:
Republica G?g?uzia
;
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.
[2]
[3]
History
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The
Special Congress of Representatives of the Gagauz people
was held on 12 November 1989, in which the Gagauz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in the
Moldavian SSR
, but on the next day the
Presidium
of the
Supreme Council of Moldavia
abolished the Special Congress' decisions, calling them unconstitutional.
[4]
The Congress of People's Deputies of the Steppe South of the Moldavian SSR declared itself separate from the Moldavian SSR and the establishment of the Gagauz Republic within the Soviet Union on 19 August 1990.
[5]
Two days later, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Moldavian SSR held an emergency meeting, and a decision was reached to declare the republic illegal and the congress unconstitutional.
[6]
A detachment of Moldovan volunteers and
police
units were sent to Gagauzia to quell the dissidence, but the arrival of
SSV
soldiers prevented bloodshed.
Initially, the republic was made up of 5 districts:
Comrat
,
Ceadir-Lunga
,
Vulc?ne?ti
,
Basarabeasca
,
Taraclia
.
[4]
The Gagauz Republic never declared itself formally independent, and only became a
de facto
independent state following the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
.
[2]
On 23 December 1994, on the basis of agreements reached by the Gagauz Republic and the Republic of Moldova, a document on the peaceful reintegration of Gagauzia with autonomous rights was signed. It entered into force on 14 January 1995. The reintegration of Gagauzia was carried out from December 1994 to June 1995, when the Gagauz Republic legally dissolved and became the
Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia
.
Armed forces
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As the Gagauzia conflict was developing and tensions between the Gagauz and the central government in Chi?in?u remained high, the Gagauz localities started establishing paramilitary structures such as the Budjak Battalion (
Gagauz
:
Bucak Batalyonu
;
Romanian
:
Batalionul Bugeac
) for their self-defense.
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See also
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Notes
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The political entity that would come to be known as the Gagauz Republic was first proclaimed as the Gagauz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on 12 November 1989.
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The law that provided Gagauzia with an autonomous status within Moldova was passed by the
Parliament of Moldova
on 23 December 1994, but it officially entered into force on 14 January 1995.
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References
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