Subject Heading	Descriptive Heading	Time Period
Moldavia used directly	Moldavia	14th century-1774 Independent nation or under Ottoman Empire
Moldavia	Moldavia	1774-1918 part of Russian Empire
Moldova	Moldavian S.S.R.	1940-1989 western Moldavia returns to Soviet Union
Moldova	Moldova	1989- Independent nation
Other Dates
Moldova	Moldavia (Romania)	1918-1940 western Moldavia joined Romania
Moldova	Moldavs'ka A.S.R.R. (Ukraine)	1924 eastern Moldavia becomes Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

This heading comprises works which deal with the historical principality and also on the independent republic that was formerly part of the Soviet Union are entered under Moldova.

Works on the region of eastern Romania are entered under Moldavia (Romania).

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