Transnistria: The Micronation Where the USSR Never Died
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Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/GEOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ/ MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Source/Further reading: Britannica, short overview: https://www.britannica.com/place/Transdniestria BBC, Celebrating a nation that doesn’t exist: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200205-celebrating-a-nation-that-doesnt-exist Britannica, history of Moldova: https://www.britannica.com/place/Moldova/History E-international relations, good overview article: https://www.e-ir.info/2021/08/03/moldova-and-the-transnistria-conflict-still-a-regional-cold-war/ Balkan History on the ‘92 conflict: https://www.balkanhistory.org/transnistrian-war.html NYTimes report on the 2006 referendum: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/world/europe/18RUSSIASUMM.html Modern trade with Europe: https://globalsecurityreview.com/transnistria-no-longer-illegal-trade-hub/ History, glasnost and perestroika: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/perestroika-and-glasnost NYTimes, Transnistrian time slip: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/transnistrian-time-slip/ NYTimes, football in Transnistria: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/sports/soccer/champions-league-sheriff-tiraspol.html BBC, South Ossetia: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18269210 BBC, Abkhazia: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18175030 Carnegie Europe, the trials of unrecognized states: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2018/04/26/strange-life-and-curious-sustainability-of-de-facto-states-pub-76431
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