The Gagauz Republic ( Gagauz : Gagauz Respublikası , [ɡɑɡɑˈus rɪsˈpublʲɪkəsə] ; Romanian : Republica Găgăuzia , [reˈpublika ɡəɡəˈuzia] ; Russian : Республика Гагаузия , romanized : Respublika Gagauziya , [rɪsˈpublʲɪkə ɡɐɡəˈuzɪjə] ) 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.
6-971: 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. The Congress of People's Deputies of the Steppe South of the Moldavian SSR declared itself separate from
12-681: The Gagauz Republic and the Republic of Moldova, a document on the peaceful reintegration of Gagauzia, with rights of autonomy, 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 . As the Gagauzia conflict was developing and tensions between
18-573: The Gagauz and the central government in Chișinău remained high, the Gagauz localities started establishing paramilitary structures such as the Budjak Battalion ( Gagauz : Bucak Batalyonu ; Romanian : Batalionul Bugeac ) for their self-defense. Gagauz Halk%C4%B1 Government of Moldova Gagauz Halkı ("Gagauz People") was a Gagauz separatist political party in Moldova . It
24-589: The Moldavian SSR and the establishment of the Gagauz Republic within the Soviet Union on 19 August 1990. 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. A detachment of Moldovan volunteers and police units were sent to Gagauzia to quell the dissidence, but
30-404: The arrival of SSV soldiers prevented bloodshed. Initially, the republic was made up of five districts: Comrat , Ceadîr-Lunga , Vulcănești , Basarabeasca , and Taraclia . The Gagauz Republic never declared itself formally independent, and only became a de facto independent state following the dissolution of the Soviet Union . On 23 December 1994, on the basis of agreements reached by
36-484: Was led by Stepan Bulgar [ ro ] from at least as early as 1992 until at least as recently as 1999, after which the organization ceased to be listed by the CIA World Factbook . The Moldovan government outlawed the party two days after declaring such political movements to be unconstitutional. The party supported the 1991 Soviet coup d'etat attempt and strongly opposed the possible idea of
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