The Atlas of Transnistria, also known as the Atlas of the Dniester Moldavian Republic or the Atlas of Pridnestrovie is to date the most thoroughly researched reference work in existence for Transnistria

Transnistria

Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

, a region which declared independence from Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

 in 1990.

Under the leadership of Mikhail Burla

Mikhail Burla

Mikhail Porfirovich Burla is a politician in Transnistria and the chairman of the country's main opposition party, Renewal .He is a member of Transnistria's parliament, where he has been vice-speaker since 22 July 2009, and an ally of fellow...

 the Atlas was produced over a two year period by the T.G. Shevchenko University in Tiraspol

Tiraspol

Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...

, Transnistria. It contains 57 highly detailed maps with data and statistics on a wide range of subjects related to Transnistria.

External links

• Internet version of the atlas (only opens with Internet Explorer)