Made with GRASS GIS, The Gimp and Inkscape software from public-domain GIS data (SRTM3, SWBD, VMAP0). See the cartographic tutorials by User: Sting - fr:Sting at w:fr:Wikipédia:Atelier graphique/Didacticiels cartographiques/Didacticiels pour la cartographie numérique géoréférencée. Relief levels vectorised and exported to SVG. The relief shading is embedded bitmap graphics. The rivers and shoreline are from VMAP0 GIS database. Additional information from: 
1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/b/b4/20071027184939!Moldova_Stefan_cel_Mare.png
2. http://cimec.ro/Istorie/neacsu/mijlocMare.jpg

Map projection: Orthographic projection with central parallel: 47N and central meridian 28E.
Own work
Andrein