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Moldavia

Map showing the territorial gains (darker shades) of Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece, primarily at the expense of Turkey, agreed in the Treaty of Bucharest following the Second Balkan War. Despite its gains, Bulgaria also lost territory to both Romania and Turkey.
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The Balkan States According to the Treaty of Bucharest; Acquisitions of New Territory shown by darker shades

Map showing the territorial gains (darker shades) of Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece, primarily at the expense of Turkey, agreed in the Treaty of Bucharest following the Second Balkan War. Despite its gains, Bulgaria also lost territory to both Romania and Turkey.

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The Balkan States According to the Treaty of Bucharest; Acquisitions of New Territory shown by darker shades

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Moldavia is the region of northeastern Romania, north of Walachia, between the Carpathian Mountains and Austria-Hungary to the west, and the Pruth River and Bessarabia, Russia to the east.

Central Power forces overran Walachia in their 1916 invasion of Romania, but some of the Romanian Army withdrew to Moldavia. With French aid and Russian support, the Romanians rebuilt and continued fighting in 1917. The collapse of the Russian Army after Russia's Kerensky Offensive in July and the Bolshevik Revolution in November left the Romanian isolated and unable to resist the occupiers.

Moldavia was the site of the Battles of Mărăşti, Mărăşeşti, Oituz, Muncelu, and Cireşoaia in July, August, and September 1917.

Moldavia is a region in Romania.