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- Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia
- since 1994 autonomy within Moldova
- own name, in Gagauz: Avtonom Territorial Bölümlüü Gagauz Yeri
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• Origin of the Country's Name
National flag,
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Flags of the World
11.Jhd.–13.Jhd.,
Flag of the Cuman Empire
1990–1995,
National flag,
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UNPO
The today's flag of Gagauzia was officially adoped on 31st of October in 1995. It shows three horizontal stripes in blue, white and red in the ratio 3:1:1. Blue is the traditional colour of the Turkish nations – has its roots probably at Timur Lenk – and stands for the heaven and the hope and the allegiance to the homeland. The white symbolizes traditionally the west – the environment of the Gagauzians – but stands for peaceableness too. The red stands for courage and endurance in the struggle for the freedom. The three stars symbolize past, presence und future. The previous unofficial flag of Gagauzia had its roots in the flag of the Kumanian Empire (1061–1240) and showed the head of a wolf. There were known other variants of the flag.
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Wikipedia (DE),
Flags of the World
Coat of arms of Gagauzia,
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Wikipedia (DE)
Position within Moldova:
Source: Moldova_location_map.svg: NordNordWestderivative work:
Xfigpower (pssst), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Area: 707 square miles
Inhabitants: 134.535 (2014), hereof 82% Gagauz, 5% Bulgarians, 5% Moldovans, 4% Russians, 3% Ukrainians
Religions: mostly Orthodox Christians
Density of Population: 190 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Comrat, 26.000 inh. (2014)
official Languages: Gagauzian (Turkish), Moldovan (Romanian) and Russian
other Languages: Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Currency: 1 Moldovan Leu (MDL) = 100 Bani
Time Zone: GMT + 2 h
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
6th century · the region of the today's Gagauzia gets settled by Slavs
ca. 1050 · invading of the Kumanes (also named Kun, Kiptshak or Polowzians, the forefathers of the today's Gagauz people)
1061–1240 · the region of the today's Gagauzia belongs to the Kumanian Empire
1240 · the Kumanian Empire gets destroyed by the Mongolians, after the withdrawal of the Mongolians (ca. 1280) arises between the Carpate mountains and the river Dnestr the Principality of Moldau
1455 · the Principality of Moldau comes toward the Ottoman Empire in tribute duty
1484 · the south of Moldau, the area of the Gagauz people, gets annexed by the Ottoman Empire as province of Butsha
1511 · the Principality of Moldau becomes to an Ottoman vassal state
1806 · Russia occupies in the crimean war the Ottoman vassal state of Moldau and the Butsha area
1812 · Russia divides Moldau and Butsha: the territories between the river Prut and the river Dnestr become annexed as Bessarabia (later named Moldova) by Russia and therewith also the region of the Gagauz people in the south of the country
1856 · Gagauzia come under Moldovan-Romanian control
1878 · Gagauzia gets Russian again
1918 · Romania annexes Bessarabia (and therewith Gagauzia)
1924 · on Ukrainian territory, eastern the river Dnestr, gets established the Moldovan Autonomous Socialistic Soviet Republic (Transnistria)
1940 · Romania cedes Bessarabia (and therewith Gagauzia) to the USSR, unification of Bessarabia and the Moldovan ASSR to the Moldovan SSR (today's Moldova)
1941–1945 · annexation of Moldova (and therewith of Gagauzia) by Romania
1945 · Moldova (and therewith Gagauzia) comes again as Moldovan SSR to the USSR
1980 · start of the Gagauzian freedom fight
1989 · the Gagauz people gets discriminated by language laws in Moldova
1990 · proclamation of the independent Republic of Gagauzia
1994 · recognition of the Republic of Gagauzia as autonomous republic within Moldova
1995 · elections to the national assembly of Gagauzia, official end of the five years enduring conflict between Gagauzia and Moldova
2014 · Referendum in Gagauzia, 70% turnout, result: 98.4% for closer relations with Russia, 97.2% against rapprochement with the EU
2014 · the Moldovan ex-president calls for a referendum in Moldova on the abolition of Gagauzia's autonomy
Source: Wikipedia (DE),
Atlas zur Geschichte,
Weltgeschichte
The name of the country "Gagauzia" goes back to the here living people of the Gagauz. The ancestors of the Gagauz who had been called Cumans (also Kun, Kipchak or Polowzians), migrated in the region in the 11th century. The word "Gagauz" goes back to the Turkish word "Gökoğuz". "Gök" means heaven "Oğuz" means "Oghuz". Oghuz is a name for Tatar tribes. After the Mongol invasion, the term "Türkmen" was used for them.
Source: Wikipedia (DE),
Die Völker der Erde
