{"id":44741,"date":"2026-01-25T18:58:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/?p=44741"},"modified":"2026-01-25T18:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:58:48","slug":"moldovas-history-textbook-has-not-been-newly-named-history-of-the-romanians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/verified\/2026\/01\/25\/44741\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova\u2019s History Textbook Has Not Been Newly Named “History Of The Romanians”"},"content":{"rendered":"

On January 20, Hraparak.am reported<\/a> (archive<\/a>) on a statement<\/a> made by former Moldovan President Maia Sandu, in which she said she would vote in favour of unification with neighbouring European Union and NATO member Romania if a referendum were to take place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking about Chisinau’s process of integration into Romania, the media outlet reported that in 2023, Moldovan schools began teaching the subject “History of the Romanians.”<\/p>\n

“In 2023, the Moldovan Parliament approved renaming the Moldovan language to Romanian, and the subject ‘History of the Romanians’ was introduced in schools,” wrote Ara Aloyan in his article. <\/span><\/p>\n

The fact-checking team at Media.am, “Verified,” determined that this information is incorrect.<\/p>\n

In Moldova, the history textbook has been titled<\/a> “Romanian and World History” since 2012. <\/span><\/a>This change, implemented by Moldovan Education Minister Mihail Sleahtitchi, took effect starting from the 2012-2013 academic year.<\/p>\n

Additionally, since gaining independence in 1991, the textbook has primarily been referred<\/a> to as “History of the Romanians” (Istoria Rom\u00e2nilor), highlighting the shared past of Romania and Moldova.<\/p>\n

Natalia Porubin, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Education of Moldova, told us, “From 2003 to 2012, History of Romanians and Universal History were merged into History, keeping 60% for Romanian History. Since 2012, the subject has been titled ‘Universal and Romanian History.'”<\/p>\n

Moldova was part of Romania<\/a> until 1940, when the Soviet Union annexed it. Romanian was established as an official language in the 1991 Declaration<\/a> of Independence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The textbook’s title has always been on the political agenda. Some forces demand the “History of Moldova” (Istoria Moldovei) version, while others advocate the “History of the Romanians” (Istoria Romanilor).<\/span><\/p>\n

According<\/a> to the 2024 census, 77.2% of Moldova’s population is ethnic Moldovan, while 7.9% identify as Romanian. The distinction between these two identities is often arbitrary.<\/a><\/p>\n

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On January 20, Hraparak.am reported (archive) on a statement made by former Moldovan President Maia Sandu, in which she said she would vote in favour of unification with neighbouring European Union and NATO member Romania if a referendum were to take place. Speaking about Chisinau’s process of integration into Romania, the media outlet reported that Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":44686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-post","category-verified"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44743,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44741\/revisions\/44743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}