The Gagauz Republic ( gag, Gagauz Respublikası; ro, Republica Găgăuzia; russian: Республика Гагаузия, ''Respublika Gagauzija'') was an unrecognised state that separated from

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during the dissolution of the Soviet Union but later peacefully joined

after being ''

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'' independent from 1990 to 1994.

History

The Special Congress of Representatives of the Gagauz people was held on 12 November 1989, in which the Gagauz Republic was proclaimed in the Moldavia, but on the next day the

Presidium A presidium or praesidium is a council of executive officers in some political assemblies that collectively administers its business, either alongside an individual president or in place of one. Communist states In Communist states the presid ...

of the Supreme Council of the Moldavia abolished the Special Congress decisions, calling them unconstitutional. The Congress of People's Deputies of the Steppe South of the Moldavia declared independence from the Moldavia and the establishment of the Gagauz Republic on 19 August 1990. Two days later, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Moldavia 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 The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

units were sent to Gagauzia to quell the dissidence, but the arrival of SSV soldiers prevented bloodshed. In December 1994, on the basis of agreements reached by the Gagauz Republic and the Republic of Moldova, a document on the peaceful integration of Gagauzia with autonomous rights was signed. The integration was carried out from December 1994 to June 1995, when the Gagauz Republic legally dissolved and became the

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Armed forces

As the Gagauzia conflict was developing and tensions between the Gagauz and the central government in Chișinău remained high, the Gagauz localities started establishing paramilitary structures for their self-defense. The most prominent one was the Budjak Battalion ( gag, Bucak Batalyonu; ro, Batalionul Bugeac), led by the Gagauz nationalist and politician .

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History

Armed forces

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