Molavia (Romanian: Moldova) was a Mediaeval principality in Europe, corresponding to the territory between Eastern Carpathians and Dnister river. An initially independent and later autonomous state, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it part of it was attached with Wallachia to create a new country Romania in 1878; another part, to the East of Prut continued its statal existence under different forms to become the Republic of Moldova today; at various times, the state included the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak) and all of Bukovina. The western part of Moldavia is now part of Romania, the eastern part belongs to the independent state of Moldova which is the continuously inhereting state of Principality of Moldavia, while the northern and south-eastern parts are territories of Ukraine.