Established as a principality in the mid-14th century, the small medieval state of Moldova is best known for its fierce resistance against the Mongols and Turks, up until the 17th century. For the better part of its 350 years of almost continuous war, devastation, rebuild, and more war, Moldova was a sort of a bulwark against the Ottoman advance towards the Central and Western Europe. This land has seen so much war to last it a thousand years; and one of the main tools it employed to resist and retain its roots was the faith in the Orthodox Church. It was its main shield against invaders, a shield which protected the people and their ancestry.
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