 In the 1980s, amid political conditions created by the glasnost and perestroika, a Democratic Movement of Moldova was formed, which in 1989 became known as the nationalist Popular Front of Moldova (FPM).Along with several other Soviet republics, from 1988 onwards, Moldova started to move towards independence.On 27 August 1989, the FPM organized a mass demonstration in Chișinău that became known as the Grand National Assembly.