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The Dniester (/ ˈ n iː s t ər / NEE-stər) [3] [4] [5] [a] is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria ), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again.
During the war, over 20% of the network, 30 stations, 50% of the buildings, major bridges on the Dniester and Prut rivers, 90% of the machinery, 30% of the communication lines and more were destroyed and 100 km (62 mi) of tracks were dismantled and removed. [1] From 1939 to 1997, the narrow-gauge Kamenka - Popelyukhi railway operated.
During World War I, representatives of the Moldovan speakers beyond the Dniester (who numbered 173,982 in the 1897 census) participated in the Bessarabian national movement in 1917/1918, asking for the incorporation of their territory in Greater Romania. Nevertheless, Romania ignored their request, as it would have required a large-scale ...
The Bystrytsia Tysmenytska (Ukrainian: Бистриця Тисменицька [1]) is a river in western Ukraine, and is a part of the Dniester basin. The river is a right tributary of the Dniester, and flows through parts of Lviv Oblast.
Barysh (Ukrainian: Бариш) is a river in Ukraine, which flows within the Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast.Left tributary of the river Dniester from the Black Sea basin. [1] [2]
Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman (Ukrainian: Дністровський лиман; Romanian: Limanul Nistrului) is a liman, formed at the point where the river Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is located in Ukraine , in Odesa Oblast , and connects Budjak to the Ukrainian mainland.
All of the names cited above have their root in the name of the river Dniester. In Romanian, the river is known as Nistru. The name "Transnistria" is Romanian and literally means "beyond the river Dniester". The name has been in use in Romania as early as 1924. [citation needed]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Unrecognised state in Eastern Europe This article is about the unrecognized state. For the administrative unit of Moldova, see Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester. For other uses, see Transnistria (disambiguation). Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Official ...