Transnistria
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Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a landlocked breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova. Transnistria contro
Igor Smirnov, first president of Transnistria from 1991 to 2011
Igor Smirnov with Vladimir Voronin and Dmitry Medvedev in Barvikha, 18 March 2009
Dniester River in Bender (Tighina)
The supreme council building in Tiraspol, fronted by a statue of Vladimir Lenin
A demographic history of Transnistria shows that Transnistria has been home to numerous ethnic groups, in varying proportions, over time.
The now demolished Juriewicz Palace in Rașcov was a testament to the Polish presence in Transnistria, which is centered in that area of Moldova.
Ethnic groups in Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1924–1940)