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Tiraspol (tyērŭ`spôl), city (1995 est. pop. 203,870), Trans-Dniester Region Trans-Dniester Region or Transnistria, region (2004 preliminary pop. 555,000), E Moldova, between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border. ..... Click the link for more information. , E Moldova, on the Dniester River. It has diversified light industries, including the production of foodstuffs, furniture, and electrical goods. Tiraspol was founded (1792) as a Russian fortress on the site of a Moldavian settlement. It was (1929–40) the capital of the Moldavian ASSR, which had been established (1924) in the Ukrainian SSR; in 1940 it became part of the newly formed Moldavian SSR. After the breakup of the USSR and the establishment of Moldova Moldova (məldō`və), officially Republic of Moldova, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,455,000), c.13,000 sq mi (33,670 sq km). ..... Click the link for more information. , the predominantly Ukrainian and Russian Trans-Dniester Region proclaimed a republic, with Tiraspol as its capital. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Lurye, who was born in Tiraspol, Moldova, in the former Soviet Union and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 10, chose anesthesiology as her specialty because she didn't want to be cooped up in an office seeing a never-ending stream of patients. The separatist leaders from Tiraspol continued to obstruct the signing of the already endorsed agreement on the legal status, modalities and stages of the 14th Army's complete withdrawal, although Russian Federation authorities showed a "correct understanding" of his Government's position. But then, neither would the Russians (not to mention the Ukrainians, who outnumbered them) in Transnistria have done so had it not been for the presence of the Russian Fourteenth Army, which was glad to find any excuse for maintaining its strategically situated base around Tiraspol ("the gateway to the Balkans", as its then-commander, General Aleksandr Lebed, used to observe). |
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