Wait, did I say Narnia? I meant Transnistria.
Where, what?! That’s right. After our month in Romania Team Agape was disbanded and shifts were made creating the new team Unveiled Pursuit. If I thought that was enough change it turns out thatRebecca Burger, Michael Jensen, Rebecca Spires, Matt Blair, Tyler Hamilton and I are NOT in Moldovalike we thought we would be this month. We’re in the “pseudo” country of Transnistria.
Transnistria is a “country” that lies between Ukraine and Moldova and came into being after Moldova’s fall from communism in 1991. I put the word country in quotation marks because technically it is not recognized by the United Nations (or the rest of the world) as an actual country; only by the Soviet Union.
To make a long story short, the people of Transnistria did not want to be a part of Moldova and visa versa because they have more similarities to Russian culture. Although Russia did defend the people against some military attacks, it didn’t want them to become a part of the Soviet Union either – so the people of Transnistria were left to fend for themselves and create what truly is a land of their own.
They have their own border crossing;
Their own passports
Their own license plates
Their own capital (Tiraspol);
Their own President;
Their own military police;
Their own currency (Transnistrian Ruble);
And they speak the Russian language.
And you thought you knew everything.
