Transnistria: The Micronation Where the USSR Never Died

Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/GEOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week.    / @geographicstravel   Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Biographics:    / @biographics   MegaProjects:    / @megaprojects9649   SideProjects:    / @sideprojects   Casual Criminalist:    / @thecasualcriminalist   Today I Found Out:    / todayifoundout   TopTenz:    / toptenznet   Highlight History:    / @highlighthistory   XPLRD:    / @simonstestchannel   Business Blaze:    / @brainblaze6526   This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Source/Further reading: Britannica, short overview: https://www.britannica.com/place/Tran... BBC, Celebrating a nation that doesn’t exist: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20... Britannica, history of Moldova: https://www.britannica.com/place/Mold... E-international relations, good overview article: https://www.e-ir.info/2021/08/03/mold... Balkan History on the ‘92 conflict: https://www.balkanhistory.org/transni... NYTimes report on the 2006 referendum: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/wo... Modern trade with Europe: https://globalsecurityreview.com/tran... History, glasnost and perestroika: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-w... NYTimes, Transnistrian time slip: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com... NYTimes, football in Transnistria: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/sp... BBC, South Ossetia: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe... BBC, Abkhazia: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe... Carnegie Europe, the trials of unrecognized states: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2018/04/26/...