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Every place Geographics mentions in "Transnistria: The Micronation Where the USSR Never Died", mapped
// THE CRUX Transnistria exists as an unrecognized, Soviet-nostalgic breakaway state along the Dniester River, sustained by Russian geopolitical backing and local identity despite a frozen conflict with Moldova.
53 places, in order of mention
| 00:23 | Europe | one of Europe's most obscure states |
| 00:28 | Soviet Union | moment the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 |
| 00:41 | Estonia | from Estonia to Ukraine to Kazakhstan |
| 00:42 | Ukraine | to Ukraine to Kazakhstan |
| 00:43 | Kazakhstan | to Kazakhstan the air was filled |
| 00:49 | Dniester River | eastern bank of the Dniester River |
| 00:51 | Moldova | in newly independent Moldova |
| 00:59 | Romania | annexed into neighboring Romania |
| 01:01 | Transnistria | citizens of Transnistria declared independence |
| 02:28 | Moldova | tiny country called Moldova |
| 02:33 | Romania | Moldova sits between Romania and Ukraine |
| 02:34 | Ukraine | between Romania and Ukraine |
| 02:38 | Dniester River | bisected by the Dniester River |
| 03:26 | Transnistria | Known as Transnistria or Transdniestria |
| 03:57 | South Ossetia | South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Nagorno-Karabakh |
| 03:58 | Abkhazia | Abkhazia, and Nagorno-Karabakh |
| 04:00 | Nagorno-Karabakh | and Nagorno-Karabakh |
| 04:15 | Rhode Island | on par with Rhode Island |
| 05:09 | Chile | like a pint-sized Chile |
| 05:58 | Tiraspol | walk through the capital Tiraspol |
| 07:24 | Moscow | keeping Tiraspol afloat comes from Moscow |
| 08:55 | Odesa | scrap of Ukraine west of Odessa |
| 08:59 | Bessarabia | Historically known as Bessarabia |
| 09:02 | Ottoman Empire | outer province of the Ottoman Empire |
| 09:04 | Russia | taken by Russia in 1812 |
| 09:06 | Bucharest | Treaty of Bucharest would definitively end |
| 10:18 | Kingdom of Romania | until the Kingdom of Romania was born |
| 10:20 | Wallachia | joining of Wallachia and Moldavia |
| 10:22 | Moldavia | Wallachia and Moldavia |
| 12:22 | Bessarabia | declare Bessarabia an autonomous republic |
| 13:52 | Ukrainian SSR | within the Ukrainian SSR |
| 13:55 | Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 17:37 | Dunkirk | forced into retreat at Dunkirk |
| 18:45 | Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic | Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 18:49 | Black Sea | skirting the Black Sea went to Ukraine |
| 22:29 | Romania | Romania at this stage was still ruled |
| 23:56 | Moldova | opened the borders with Moldova |
| 25:28 | Gagauzia | Gagauz people in south Moldova |
| 25:34 | Chișinău | Chisinau mustered a militia to stop them |
| 25:45 | Tiraspol | declared in Tiraspol |
| 26:42 | Dubăsari | Transnistrian town of Dubasari |
| 27:36 | Georgia | most notably Georgia and Azerbaijan |
| 27:37 | Azerbaijan | Georgia and Azerbaijan |
| 28:49 | Bender | town of Bendery saw a successful invasion |
| 30:50 | Transnistria | Transnistria cut off power to the rest |
| 33:42 | Odesa | easily be smuggled to Odessa |
| 34:14 | Crimea | annexation of Crimea Ukraine suddenly got |
| 39:05 | Abkhazia | Abkhazia and South Ossetia |
| 39:06 | South Ossetia | and South Ossetia the latter of which |
| 39:14 | Donetsk | self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics |
| 39:15 | Luhansk | and Luhansk People's Republics |
| 39:19 | Kyiv | outside of Kyiv's control |
| 40:01 | Nagorno-Karabakh | Nagorno-Karabakh too has Russian peacekeepers |