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Boris Yeltsin, seen here dancing during an election rally, saw unrecognized countries as the result of Stalin's forced borders

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Boris Yeltsin, seen here dancing during an election rally, saw unrecognized countries as the result of Stalin's forced borders
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Yeltsin's final interview blames leftover-Stalinism for unrecognized countries
In his last-ever interview, Boris Yeltsin blamed the existence of unrecognized countries on Stalinist ethnic policy. He railed against "borders of republics drawn with a stroke of a pen" where centuries-long traditions were wiped out. Stalin's creation of the artificial Moldavian SSR, which united two historically and ethnically different sides, was one such example. [more]

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<h1>Boris Yeltsin, seen here dancing during an election rally, saw unrecognized countries as the result of Stalin&#039;s forced borders</h1> Pridnestrovie or Transnistria is the name for the left bank of the Moldavian Dniester River / Dniestr River, or Dnestr (Nistru). <a href="http://www.visitpmr.com/">Boris Yeltsin, seen here dancing during an election rally, saw unrecognized countries as the result of Stalin&#039;s forced borders</a> which is independent although Moldavia considers it part of Moldova and a Moldovan breakaway region or separatist republic of Moldova. <p> <h2>Tiraspol Times Transnistria news and Transdniester newspaper from PMR Pridnestrovie and Moldova:</h2> It is called Transdniester, Transdniestr or Trans-Dniestria and its breakaway regime in separatist Transnistria became independent from Moldova in 1990 and is today separate de facto state. Large cities and towns include Tiraspol Dubossary Rybnitsa Bender or Bendery with Tighina as well as Grigoriopol, Kamenka / Camenca and Slobozya. The main political leaders are Yevgeny Shevchuk and president Igor Smirnov. <p> <a href=" http://pridnestrovie.net/">Pridnestrovie Transnistria</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/index.html">Transdnistria between Moldova (Moldova Republic or Moldovan republic) and Ukraine</a> <a href="http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/index.php">Tiraspol Transdniestr (or Trans-Dnistria)</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/aboutus.html">About Pridnestrovie breakaway republic</a> <a href="links.html">Links to Transnistria's government</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/image">Photos and images from Transdniestria</a>