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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.
The law which establishes the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester states that the region is to elect a Supreme Council on the basis of free, transparent and democratic elections. The Supreme Council should then adopt a Basic Law to formally establish the executive institutions of the region. [10]
The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic [a] (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 ...
At the same time, some areas on the right bank of the Dniester are under PMR control. These areas consist of the city of Bender with its suburb Proteagailovca , the communes Gîsca , Chițcani (including villages Mereneşti and Zahorna), and the commune of Cremenciug , formally [ clarification needed ] in the Căușeni District , situated south ...
The park's boundaries follow the Dniester River for 100 km as it flows from northwest to southeast in western Ukraine. For much of this length, the park is only about 5 – 10 km wide, centered on the river. There are over 50 significant caves in the park, cut in the Travertine rock. These include the Ozerna (105 km) and Optymistychna (230 km ...
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.
Euroregion "Dniester" is created as a body of cross-border cooperation, as an association of local administrative-territorial units of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. The main purpose of the creation and activity of the Euroregion "Dniester" is the implementation of programs for harmonized and complex development of territories adjacent to ...
Dniester Canyon at the village of Pylypche, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. Dniester Canyon is located in southwestern Ukraine along a 250 km (160 mi) segment of the Dniester, extending from the mouth of Zolota Lypa River, near the village of Nyzhniv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, to the Dniester Hydroelectric Station near Novodnistrovsk, Chernivtsi Oblast. [2]