Transnistria

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Transnistria is a breakaway, internationally unrecognized territory along Moldova’s eastern border, known for its Soviet-style political system, Russian military presence, and ethnically mixed population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf breakaway state
de facto state
disputed territory
separatist region
unrecognized state
armedConflict Transnistria War
capital Tiraspol
ceasefireAgreementWith Moldova
ceasefireBrokeredBy Russia
conflictStartYear 1992
countryClaimedBy Moldova
currency Transnistrian ruble
dateOfDeclarationOfIndependence 1990-09-02
declaredIndependenceFrom Moldova
drivingSide right
ethnicGroup Moldovans
Russians
Ukrainians
hasDeFactoControlBy Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic government
linked to: Transnistria
hasEthnicallyMixedPopulation true
hasOwnBorderControls true
hasRussianMilitaryPresence true
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister
headOfStateTitle President
hosts Operational Group of Russian Forces in Transnistria
Russian peacekeeping forces
internationalStatus territory of Moldova under de facto separate control
largestCity Tiraspol
legislature Supreme Council of Transnistria
linked to: Transnistria
liesAlong Dniester River
linked to: Dniester
locatedIn Eastern Europe
locatedOnBorderOf Moldova
Ukraine
nativeName Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika
linked to: Transnistria

Приднестровская Молдавская Республика
linked to: Transnistria
notRecognizedBy United Nations member states
officialLanguage Moldovan
Russian
Ukrainian
officialName Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
linked to: Transnistria
politicalCulture Soviet-style
politicalOrientation pro-Russian
politicalSystem semi-presidential republic
resultOfConflict Transnistria War
shortName PMR
timeZone Eastern European Time
usesCoatOfArms coat of arms of Transnistria
usesFlag flag of Transnistria
usesScriptForMoldovan Cyrillic
usesSovietSymbols true

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Romanian language spokenIn Transnistria
Dniester flowsThrough Transnistria
Transnistria officialName Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
linked to: Transnistria
Transnistria nativeName Приднестровская Молдавская Республика
linked to: Transnistria
Transnistria nativeName Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika
linked to: Transnistria
Transnistria hasDeFactoControlBy Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic government
linked to: Transnistria
Transnistria legislature Supreme Council of Transnistria
linked to: Transnistria
Bender, Ottoman Empire presentLocation Bender, Moldova
linked to: Transnistria
Moldovan leu usedInRegion Transnistria (limited and alongside Transnistrian ruble)
linked to: Transnistria
Tiraspol locatedIn Transnistria
Tiraspol isDeFactoCapitalOf Transnistria
Tiraspol isLargestCityOf Transnistria
Tiraspol currentDeFactoAuthority Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
linked to: Transnistria
Tiraspol hasParliamentBuilding Supreme Council of Transnistria
linked to: Transnistria
Tiraspol hasGovernmentBuilding Presidential Administration of Transnistria
linked to: Transnistria
Dubăsari Dam locatedIn Transnistria
Dubăsari locatedIn Transnistria
Dubăsari deFactoControlledBy Transnistrian authorities
linked to: Transnistria
Dubăsari partOfDisputedRegion Transnistria
Dubăsari borderDisputeInvolves self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
linked to: Transnistria
PMR standsFor Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
linked to: Transnistria
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic conventionalLongName Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
subject linked to: PMR
linked to: Transnistria
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shortName Transnistria
subject linked to: PMR
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shortName Trans-Dniester
subject linked to: PMR
linked to: Transnistria
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shortName Transdniestria
subject linked to: PMR
linked to: Transnistria
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic nativeName Приднестровская Молдавская Республика
subject linked to: PMR
linked to: Transnistria
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic hasLegislature Supreme Council of Transnistria
subject linked to: PMR
linked to: Transnistria
Operational Group of Russian Forces in Transnistria supportedBy de facto authorities of Transnistria
linked to: Transnistria
Transnistrian ruble countryOrRegionUsed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
linked to: Transnistria
coat of arms of Transnistria usedBy Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
linked to: Transnistria
coat of arms of Transnistria adoptedBy Supreme Council of Transnistria
linked to: Transnistria
coat of arms of Transnistria represents Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
linked to: Transnistria
Transnistria War place Transnistria
Transnistria War belligerent Transnistrian separatists
linked to: Transnistria
Transnistria War ceasefireSignedBy Transnistrian authorities
linked to: Transnistria
Odessa massacre (1941) location Transnistria Governorate
linked to: Transnistria