Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||
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| 1990–1991 | |||||||||
| Motto: "Workers of the world, unite!" Romanian: Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! Пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, уници-вэ! (Moldovan Cyrillic) Russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!, romanized: Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'! Ukrainian: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!, romanized: Proletari vsikh krayin, ednaytesya! | |||||||||
| Anthem: none until 2000 | |||||||||
| Capital | Tiraspol | ||||||||
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| Government | Soviet republic | ||||||||
| Chairman | |||||||||
• 1990–1991 | Igor Smirnov (at independence) | ||||||||
| Legislature | Supreme Soviet | ||||||||
| Establishment | 2 September 1990 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 2 September 1990 | |||||||||
| 25 August 1991 | |||||||||
• Succeeded by Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic | 5 November 1991 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1991 | ||||||||
• Start of the Transnistria War | 2 March 1992 | ||||||||
| Currency | Soviet ruble (SUR) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Moldova (de jure) Transnistria (de facto) | ||||||||
The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (PMSSR), also commonly known as Soviet Transnistria or simply as Transnistria, was created on the eastern periphery of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (MSSR) in 1990 by pro-Soviet separatists who hoped to remain within the Soviet Union when it became clear that the MSSR would achieve independence from the USSR and possibly unite with Romania. The PMSSR was never recognised as a Soviet republic by the authorities in either Moscow or Chișinău. In 1991, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic succeeded the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.