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In the early Middle Ages the region was populated by Slavic tribes of Ulichs and Tivertsy as well as by Turkic nomads such as Pechenegs and the Polovtsi. A part of Kievan Rus' at times, and a formal part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th century, the area came under the control of the Ottoman Empire in 1504. It was eventually ceded to the Russian Empire in 1792. At that time, the population was sparse and mostly Moldovan/Romanian and Ukrainian, but also included a nomadic Tatar population. The end of the 18th century marked the Russian Empire's colonization of the region, with the aim of defending what was at the time the Imperial Russian southwestern border, as a result of which large migrations were encouraged into the region, including people of Ukrainian, Russian, and German nationalities. In the summer of 2004, the Transnistrian authorities forcibly closed six schools that taught the language using the Latin script. A number of the 3,400 enrolled children were affected by this measure. Several teachers and parents who opposed the closures were arrested. During the crisis, the Moldovan government decided to create a blockade that would isolate the autonomous republic from the rest of the country. The blockade was ineffective because of a lack of cooperation from Ukraine's government. Transnistria retaliated by a series of actions meant to destabilize the economic situation in Moldova, in particular, by cutting the power supply from the power plants that were built predominantly in Transnistria in Soviet times. As a result, this crisis generated power outages in parts of Moldova. |
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1. Dependency status: part of Moldova 2. Government type: republic 3. Location: Southeastern Europe 4. Border Countries: Ukraine 939 km 5. Climate: moderate winters, warm summers6. Terrain: rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea 7. Area: 3,567 km2 8. Capital: Tiraspol 9. Administrative divisions: Camenca (Kamenka), Dubăsari (Dubossary),
Grigoriopol (Grigoriopol'),
Rîbniţa (Rybnitsa),
Slobozia (Slobodzeya),
Tiraspol (Tiraspol') 10. Population: 555,500 inhabitians (2004) 11. Languages: Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Ukrainian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) 12. Religions: Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist (only about 1,000 members) (1991) 13. Currency: Transnistrian ruble |
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