Transdniestria

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Map showing Moldova and its surrounding countries, with the narrow region of Transdniestria highlighted along Moldova's eastern border with Ukraine. Major cities such as Tiraspol and Dubasari in Transdniestria, as well as Moldova's capital Chisinau, are labeled. Romania lies to the west and the Black Sea is to the southeast. An inset map shows the location within Europe.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Transdniestria, Moldova, and Russias War in Ukraine.	Grace Young	Sep 18, 2026
	Add new Web site: Nato Defense College Foundation - Transnistria under Damocles sword - A Soviet unfrozen conflict and the Ukraine conflict (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Jan 03, 2026
	Add new Web site: George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies - Transnistria: Prospects for a Solution.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 25, 2025
	Add new Web site: The History Files - Modern Transnistria.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 23, 2025
	Add new Web site: BBC News - Transnistria profile.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 31, 2025
	Add new Web site: Foreign Policy Research Institute - Transnistria Primer.	Grace Young	May 08, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - The Transnistria's conflict.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 09, 2023
	Add new Web site: Geohistory Today - Transdnestria: A European Nowhere.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 08, 2023
	Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - Transnistria: The History Behind the Russian-backed Region.	Emily Rodriguez	May 16, 2023
	Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Transdniester.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 10, 2022
	Add new Web site: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Transdniestria, Moldova, and Russias War in Ukraine.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 26, 2022
	Media added.	Michael Ray	Nov 18, 2016
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 05, 2011
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - World - Trans-Dniester Region.	Darshana Das	Jul 11, 2011
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 15, 2008
	New article added.	Maren Goldberg	Jun 11, 2008