Transnistria War

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The Transnistria War was an early 1990s armed conflict between Moldovan forces and pro-Russian separatists in the breakaway region of Transnistria, leading to a frozen conflict and de facto independence for the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Transnistria War
surface form: Moldovan–Transnistrian conflict
belligerent 14th Guards Army
surface form: 14th Guards Army of the Soviet Union

Придністровська Молдавська Республіка
surface form: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

Moldova
surface form: Republic of Moldova

Russian Armed Forces
surface form: Russian Federation forces

Transnistria
surface form: Transnistrian separatists
casualtiesEstimate several hundred killed
cause disputes over language policy in Moldova
political tensions after Moldovan independence
separatist movement in Transnistria
ceasefireSignedBy Moldova
Russia
Transnistria
surface form: Transnistrian authorities
conflictType frozen conflict
post-Soviet conflict
separatist conflict
dateOfCeasefireAgreement 1992-07-21
displacedPersonsEstimate tens of thousands displaced
endDate 1992
geopoliticalContext post-Cold War Europe
hasConsequence deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the security zone
establishment of a security zone along the Dniester River
long-term negotiations under OSCE auspices
involvedEthnicGroups Moldovans
Russians
Ukrainians
mainPhaseEndDate 1992-07-21
mainPhaseStartDate 1991-11
mediatedBy Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
opposedBy Moldova
outcome territorial control of most of Transnistria by separatist authorities
partOf post-Soviet conflicts
place Dniester basin
surface form: Dniester River region

Moldova
Transnistria
primaryRiver Dniester
surface form: Dniester River
relatedTo Moldova–Russia relations
Transnistria War self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moldova–Transnistria conflict

dissolution of the Soviet Union
result ceasefire agreement
continued non-recognized status of Transnistria
de facto independence of Transnistria
frozen conflict
startDate 1990
status frozen conflict as of 21st century
supportedBy Russia
timePeriod early 1990s

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Transnistria resultOfConflict Transnistria War
Transnistria armedConflict Transnistria War
Tiraspol conflictContext Transnistria War
this entity surface form: Transnistria conflict
Ukraine and Moldova borderIsAffectedBy Transnistria War
this entity surface form: Transnistria conflict
PMR resultOfConflict Transnistria War
subject surface form: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Transnistria War relatedTo Transnistria War self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Moldova–Transnistria conflict
Transnistria War alsoKnownAs Transnistria War
this entity surface form: Moldovan–Transnistrian conflict
T-64 tank usedInConflict Transnistria War
subject surface form: T-64