Transnistria, Transdniestria, or Pridnestrovie, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic[a] (PMR; Russian: Приднестровская Молдавская Республика, romanized: Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika; Moldovan: Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ, romanized: Republica Moldovenească Nistreanăcode: mo is deprecated ;[b] Ukrainian: Придністровська Молдавська Республіка, romanized: Prydnistrovsĭka Moldavsĭka Respublika), is a breakaway state in the narrow strip of land between the river Dniester and the Ukrainian border that is internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Its capital is Tiraspol. Transnistria has been recognised only by three other mostly non-recognised states, Abkhazia, Artsakh, and South Ossetia.
