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| Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ | |
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| 1940–1991 | |
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| Capital and largest city | Chișinău |
| Official languages | Romanian Russian |
| Dominant mode of production | Socialism |
| Area | |
• Total | 33,851 km² |
| Population | |
• 1990 estimate | 4,364,000 |
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR[Note 1] was an independent socialist state formed after the Soviet liberation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina in 1940. Although it was one of the poorest republics of the Soviet Union, a majority of the Moldovan population now believes that life was better under socialism than it is now.[1]
Economy[edit | edit source]
In 1978, the average Moldovan income was 1,667 rubles per month per adult, lower than the all-Soviet average of 1,992. Moldovans were severely underrepresented in scientific fields.[2]
Demographics[edit | edit source]
Nationalities[edit | edit source]
In 1970, Moldovans made up 64.6% of the population of the Moldavian SSR and Russians made up 11.6%. Moldovans made up 0.40% of CPSU membership and had the lowest party representation of any major nationality in the USSR.[2]
Languages[edit | edit source]
95% of ethnic Moldovans spoke Romanian/Moldovan as their native language. 31% of books and 47% of newspapers in Moldova were published in Romanian.[2] 50% of Moldovan Jews spoke Yiddish as their native language.[3]
Living standards[edit | edit source]
Education[edit | edit source]
The number of students in the Moldova in all levels of education rose from 92,000 to 747,000 between 1914 and 1978. Moldovans were underrepresented in higher education and attended university at lower rates than all other major nationalities in the USSR.[2]
Health care[edit | edit source]
Soviet Moldova had fewer doctors and hospital beds per capita than the Soviet average, but the number of hospital beds per adult was higher.[2]
Notes[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Will Stewart (2016-08-17). "Back in the USSR: 64 per cent of Russians say life was better in the Soviet Union than now" Express. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Albert Szymanski (1984). Human Rights in the Soviet Union: 'The Asian Nationalities in the USSR' (pp. 38–59). [PDF] London: Zed Books Ltd.. ISBN 0862320186 [LG]
- ↑ Albert Szymanski (1984). Human Rights in the Soviet Union: 'The European Nationalities in the USSR' (p. 93). [PDF] London: Zed Books Ltd.. ISBN 0862320186 [LG]