Father replaces the lid of his son’s coffin outside of a hospital in Tiraspol, Transnistria during the 1992 War of Transnistria.
Father replaces the lid of his son’s coffin outside of a hospital in Tiraspol, Transnistria during the 1992 war of Transnistria. Transnistria along the Dniester River on the Western border of the Ukraine and Moldova is 1/3 Russian, 1/3 Ukrainian and 1/3 Moldavian. Tiraspol, the administrative center of the separatist Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) or Transnistria, was the second largest city in Moldova until Transnistria broke away for Moldova. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR) separatists who, unlike Moldova, wished to stay with the USSR or Russia fought an armed conflict with Moldova in 1992. Currently Transnistria along with Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and Ossetia are considered “Frozen Conflict Zones” in the former Soviet Union. It is believed that over 600 died during the conflict in 1992. A ceasefire was declared in July of 1992, overseen by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and as of 2011 the territorial conflict remains unresolved. Photo by Chuck Nacke
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Location: Hospital, Tiraspol, Transnistria, Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, PMR
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
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