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.


Statements (50)
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
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
liesAlong Dniester River
locatedIn Eastern Europe
locatedOnBorderOf Moldova
Ukraine
nativeName Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika
Приднестровская Молдавская Республика
notRecognizedBy United Nations member states
officialLanguage Moldovan
Russian
Ukrainian
officialName Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
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

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Transnistria ("Приднестровская Молдавская Республика")
Transnistria ("Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika")
nativeName
Dniester
flowsThrough
Transnistria ("Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic government")
hasDeFactoControlBy
Transnistria ("Supreme Council of Transnistria")
legislature
Transnistria ("Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic")
officialName
Romanian language
spokenIn

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