Games With Frontiers
The international community really dropped the ball in 1991, and a lot of people suffered as a result. Continue reading Games With Frontiers
Tag: republic
Myth #3: Transnistria Is a Communist Country
Nope, not Communist at all. Sorry! Continue reading Myth #3: Transnistria Is a Communist Country
Myth #1: The country is called Transnistria, Trans-Dniestr, or Transdniestria
Over the past 1,000 years, the area now known as Transnistria has had a lot of names, but none of them were ever “Transnistria” except for a brief period of time during World War 2 when it was under fascist occupation. Continue reading Myth #1: The country is called Transnistria, Trans-Dniestr, or Transdniestria
I Can Now Predict the Future (in Moldova)
Over the weekend, I picked up this tiny little story (in Romanian) about an interview with Andrian Candu, the speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, that was printed in Latvijas Avize (in Latvian). I assume that the original interview was in Russian, but since it was printed in Latvian, I had to rely on the internet to translate it for me. At first, the interview seemed … Continue reading I Can Now Predict the Future (in Moldova)
Transnistria FAQ
After my interesting adventure in Transnistria, I realized that basically, no one knows anything about this country. Excuse me, no one outside the Russian-speaking world. Therefore, I present to you the world’s very first FAQ page for Transnistria, the country that doesn’t exist, except, of course, that it does. Isn’t Transnistria a breakaway republic? Kinda yes and kinda no. Here’s the timeline: 1924 – Transnistria … Continue reading Transnistria FAQ
