Transnistria

Transnistria

celebrating the non-state within the small state

Location: 

Tiraspol, Moldova

Duration: 

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

personal highlights

  1. Transnistria: sort of independent Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
  2. Tiraspol: capital of the unrecognized republic, officially in Moldova
  3. Border: probably the only European border that is guarded with tanks
  4. Bureaucracy: own currency, passports, insurance etc. for 0.5 mio people
  5. Streets: probably the emptiest streets in an European capital

image sources

  1. border within the country
  2. fresh market on the road
  3. 25 years of independence - sort of
  4. roses for the independence war
  5. random apartment block

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