Gagauz Republic

Gagauz Republic Gagauz Respublikası (Gagauz)
1989[a]–1995[b]
Flag Coat of arms
Map of the territory claimed by the Gagauz Republic. Its control over this area was relative.
Status	Self-proclaimed state
Capital	Comrat 46°19′N 28°40′E / 46.317°N 28.667°E / 46.317; 28.667
Common languages	Gagauz, Romanian, Russian
Government	Republic
Establishment
History
• The Gagauz ASSR is unilaterally proclaimed	12 November 1989
• Gagauz ASSR unilaterally raised into the Gagauz SSR separate from the Moldavian SSR	19 August 1990
• Dissolution of the Soviet Union; de facto independence of the Gagauz Republic	26 December 1991
• Entry into force of a law reintegrating Gagauzia as an autonomous territorial unit into Moldova	14 January 1995
• Established	12 November 1989[a]
• Disestablished	14 January 1995[b]
Currency	Soviet ruble, Moldovan cupon, Moldovan leu
Preceded by Succeeded by Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldova (Gagauzia)
Today part of	Moldova

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.^[2][3]

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