Transnistria (New Union)

The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, also shortened to Pridnestrovie and P.M.R., is one of the of the. Prior to 1995, the region was recognized as a region of and was named after the Romanian name Transnistria. After the admission of the region into the Soviet Union, the name Pridnestrovie was officially adopted as the name of the republic.

History
During the First Soviet Union, the region was part of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. This would change during late 1990, when the MSSR would be reformed into the pro-Romanian. The pro-Soviet majority of Pridnestrovie would separate themselves from Moldova on September 2, 1990, and declared themselves the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (PMSSR). In December the same year, President Mikhail Gorbachev annulled the proclamation of the PMSSR, stating that it lacked legal basis for a Union republic. However, the PMSSR would continue to declare themselves a republic.

With the reformation of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991, the PMSSR would become a de facto part of the now independent Moldova. They renamed themselves the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and would request admission into the Soviet Union in the beginning of 1992. With Moldova now independent, Gorbachev and several Soviet republics declared the support for the tiny republic. The Pridnestrovian-Ukrainian border was loosely controlled at the start of 1992. In March, Moldova would be recognized into the United Nations, and would begin to claim the total control of the PMR. That same month, Moldovan and Romanian troops would cross the Dniester river to retake the tiny republic. Fearing a potential crossing into the Ukraine (as mentioned by Gorbachev), the Red Army crossed the border to eradicate the invading Moldovans. By September, the entire region east of the Dniester river was controlled by the Soviets. The PMR was later declared a Soviet territory, with most of the world not recognizing this.

The Moldovan interest in the PMR would begin to wane away with the growing cooperation with Romania. In 1994, it was announced that Romania and Moldova would unite as one nation. Though no mention was made on the PMR, Romania was already taking into account what to do. In late 1994, Romania announced that the new would only include the Moldovan regions west of the Dniester, because Romania did not want to inherent a border conflict with the USSR shortly after gaining independence from being a Soviet satellite. In 1995, Romania would hand over the PMR to the USSR, people celebrated across the PMR and USSR.

On January 1, 1997, the PMR was officially made a Union Republic.