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1 Transnistria, Moldova and Ethnicity. The Politics of Identity

2 History Bessarabia Annexed by the Russian Empire (1812) Moldovan Split Western Bessarabia merged with Romania (1918) Soviet Union creates Moldovan ASSR (1924)

3 History Soviet Reoccupation Creation of the Moldovan SSR (1940) Reoccupied Romanian Moldova Moldovan Independence Moldova declares itself independent (1991) Transnistria Independence? War in Transnistria (1992)

4 Cause for Separation Identity Ethnic differences Romanian/Moldovan Slavic – Russian and Ukrainian Gagauz Bulgarian

5 Cause for Separation Transnistria Slavic Majority Moldovan Minorities

6 Future Status Quo Russia’s benefit? Official Independence Moldova, European Union Moldovan-Romanian Reunion Transnistrian Republic Transnistrian-Ukrainian Union

7 Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria#Early_modern_ period http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria#Early_modern_ period http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Transnist ria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Transnist ria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian_ASSR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavian_SSR

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