Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

What little nationalism existed in the Moldovan elite was manifested in poems and articles in literary magazines, before their authors were purged in campaigns against "anti-Soviet sentiments" and "local nationalism" organized by Bodiul and Grossu.

The official position of the Soviet government was that Moldovan culture was distinct from Romanian culture, but they had a more coherent policy than the previous Moldovan RSSA. There were no further attempts to create a Moldovan language that was different from the Romanian, and literary Romanian written with the Cyrillic alphabet was accepted as the linguistic standard for Moldova. The only difference was in some technical terms borrowed from Russian.

Moldovans were encouraged to adopt the Russian language, which was required for any leadership job (Russian was intended to be the language of interethnic communication in the Soviet Union). In the early years, political and academic positions were given to members of non-Moldovan ethnic groups (only 14% of the political leaders of the Moldovan SSR were ethnic Moldovans in 1946), although this gradually changed as the weather.

Literary critics highlighted the Russian influence on Moldovan literature and ignored the parts shared with Romanian literature.^{[citation required]}

Demography

The population of the Moldavian SSR in 1989 was composed of the following ethnic groups:

• Moldovans 64.5%
• Ukraine 13.8%
• Russians 13.0%
• Jews 1.5%
• Bulgarians 2.0%
• Others (including Turkic Gagauz) 5.2%

During the Soviet era, Moldova's population grew at a faster rate than the USSR average.

Politics

The Communist Party of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was a component of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Communist Party was the only legal political organization until perestroika. She had supreme power in the republic, since all state and public organizations were subordinate to her.

Until the 1978 Constitution of the Moldavian SSR (April 15, 1978), the republic had four cities directly subordinate to the republican government: Chișinău, Bălți, Bender and Tiraspol. By the new constitution, the following cities were added to this category: Orhei, Rîbnița, Soroca and Ungheni. The four previous cities and the 40 rations were the first level administrative units of the land.

Economy

Although it was the most densely populated republic of the USSR, the economy of the Moldavian SSR was based mainly on agricultural production, especially fruit production. The only region of Moldova with a notable industrial presence was Transnistria, which in 1990 accounted for 40% of Moldovan GDP and 90% of electricity production.

While it owned only 0.2% of Soviet territory, it accounted for 10% of its canned food production, 4.2% of its vegetables, 12.3% of its fruits, and 8.2% of its fruits. of its wine production.

At the same time, most of Moldovan industry was built in Transnistria. While representing approximately 15% of the population of the Moldavian SSR, Transnistria was responsible for 40% of its GDP and 90% of electricity production.

The main factories included the Rîbnița steelworks, Dubăsari and the Moldavskaia power plant and factories near Tiraspol, which produced refrigerators, clothing and alcohol.

Industry

Under Soviet power, the electrical power industry, mechanical engineering, light industry, the production of building materials and metallurgy were the basis of Moldovan industry. But the leading industry would be the food industry where wines, sugar, flour, cereals and oils would be mass produced. Also the preservation of fruits and vegetables would also be very popular and important in the perfumery industry as its ingredients such as roses, sage, mint and lavender.

Of the branches of mechanical engineering, the most developed were electrical engineering (with the production of transformers, motors, refrigerators and washing machines), agricultural production, the production of tractors and the production of construction materials such as the glass industry. and carpentry.

The chemical industry would also be important in the production of varnishes, paint and rubber. Light industry was the most important for the Moldovan population in the production of consumer goods such as carpets and rugs, leather footwear and clothing.

Transportation

The main means of transportation in Soviet Moldova were rail, road and bus. By 1986 there were more than 1.15 thousand railways and 10.1 thousand km of highways throughout the country. In maritime navigation the main routes were on the Dniester River and the Prut River.

Agriculture

In 1987, there were 489 state farms and 372 collective farms. The fruit wine production area was 205 thousand hectares, the fruit and berry plantation is 208 thousand hectares. The area sown with cereals (wheat, corn and barley) is 707 thousand hectares (1986), the gross cereal harvest is 2044 thousand tons.

The most important branches of Moldovan agriculture are viticulture and fruit growing. The gross harvest of grapes, fruits and berries in 1986 was more than 1222 thousand tons and in the cultivation of sunflowers, sugar beets, tobacco and vegetable oil it would be 1202 thousand tons.

Livestock farming was focused on dairy and meat products; by 1987, more than 1.2 million beef, 0.4 million beef, 1.9 million pork and 1.2 million were produced. millions of sheep and goat meat.

Legacy

Widespread nostalgia for the Soviet Union influences the electoral choice in the Republic of Moldova. According to a 2017 survey by the Pew Research Center, nostalgia for the USSR is common with 70% of Moldovans They claim that the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 was a mistake for their country. In the Gagaúzia region, the main street of Etulia is named after Vladimir Lenin while a statue of Karl Marx still stands in front of the town hall.