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Portfolio - TRANSDNIESTER. 2004. The European Ghost Republic 

Jonas Bendiksen 

Transdniester, a sliver of land by the Dniester River of Moldova, is Europe's most curious case of national separatism since the USSR collapsed. Since the region seceded from the former Soviet republic of Moldova 12 years ago, the self-declared republic has quietly risen to become Europe's newest full-fledged country, with its own president, passports, currency, constitution, army, borders, and national flag - all with hardly anyone except their neighbors noticing. Although no other country recognizes it as an independent state, Transdniester definitely acts like one, and does so with a great deal... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2004

MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Crows circle a statue of Lenin... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene along the main boulevard.... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People on a bus commuting to a... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene.

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MOLDOVA. Transdniesterian deputy minister of defense looking... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. Vladimir LENIN and Karl MARX hanging... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Patrons of "Red Heat", a local... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Steel mill. Despite the nationalist... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Ivan RUDOLPHOVICH SCHWARTZ, like... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. The population of Transdniester... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Outside the underground bar Prokhlada,... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Stripper in a nightclub. 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A typical Soviet mural stands outside... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Peacekeeping forces stand patrol... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A TV showing a soldier from Transdniester's... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Portraits of Igor SMIRNOV, the... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Valentin and Natalia Klimenshyk,... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene during a snowstorm.... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene in front of a statue... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A woman holds her Transdniestrian... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A session of the Supreme Soviet.... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. A Sheriff security guard, many... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Transdniesters economic system... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. As opposed to the high-rolling... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People attending a church-run soup... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People on a bus commuting to a... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Steel mill. Despite the nationalist... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Transdniester is a breakaway republic... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Streetscene from Tiraspol, with... 

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. Soup kitchen.

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MOLDOVA. Transdniester. 2004. People headed to work in the morning.... 
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