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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / Vladimir Ilich, a Veteran on the Victory day, wearing his cossacks of Chernovitz orden and the medals for the 1992 Transnistria - Moldova war.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / The parade is over and now the delegations, followed by the crowd, will gather at the eternal flame to lay down the flower wreaths. On the big screen the broadcast of the big parade from Moscow.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / "Great day of the great Victory". The parade is over and now the delegations, followed by the crowd, will gather at the eternal flame to lay the flower wreaths.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / Anastasia at the parade, wearing her uniform of the Transnistrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was born in Russia and her father was killed during WWII. According to her Transnistria wants to be independent from Moldova and be part of Russia. While we speak, she cites the result of the referemdum which took place in 2006, when more that 90% of the votes were for independence from Moldova and joining Russia.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / "Great day of the great Victory" . A family stands for a picture in front of a decoration of flags with the Russian colours. Decorations with red and green are from the Transnistrian flag colours's.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / Anja and Mischa at the parade with their female dog Dusha wearing a "Russian armed forces - border troop" jacket. They will afterwards join their grandmother who is a war veteran engaged on the Ukrainian territory digging the trenches for stopping German and Romanian tanks. They thank their grandmother and all who fought for the survival of the post-Soviet generation. Their wish for the future is a flourishing country, peace and the hope the Ukrainian events won't repeat elsewhere.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / "Great day of the great Victory". The parade is over and now the delegations, followed by the crowd, are marching to the eternal flame to lay the flower wreath.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / "For the homeland". Kids playing on the tank.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / A military and his daghter, who is also wearing army clothes for honouring all those who fought during WWII.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / A family dressed for the special occasion on the main avenue of Tiraspol after the parade.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / "Great day of the great Victory" . The parade is over and now the young people and old veterans together will gather at the eternal flame to lay down the flower wreaths.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / Cristina (L) is a nurse and lives in Bender. She recalls how she was helping wounded soldiers during the war between Moldova and Transnistria in 1992. Meeting her friend at the Victory day celebrations, they recall how Cristina helped her wounded husband on the front but who later passed away.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / A soldier is wearing the marines uniform for attracting people to the history-army museum and is stands for pictures with a kid in front of the Transnistrian Parliament.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR)/ Tiraspol / A singer is entertaining veterans and guests in a courtyard during the celebration of the Victory day after the parade.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / The parade is over and now the young people and old veterans joined will gather at the eternal flame to lay flowers down.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / "Great day of the great Victory" . The parade is over, people wait to walk towards the eternal flame. Decorations with red and green are from the Transnistrian flag colours's, while blue, red, white are the Russian flags' colours.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / Alina and her family just visited the monument for the death soldiers of the WWI. She is the grandmother and carries with her the list of names of family members who gave their life for freedom of their country in the big war.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR)/ Tiraspol / Katharina, born in Tiraspol, and her father visit the parade in the centre of Tiraspol. Her grandfather, born in Ukraine, died in WWII and her mother found out after long researches, that he was buried on Transnistrian territory.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / "Great day of the great Victory" The parade is over and now the delegations, followed by the crowd, will gather at the eternal flame to lay down the flower wreaths.
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) / Tiraspol / A kid stand in front of the eternal flame surrounded by flower wreaths.
Public Story
Victory Day in Transnistria
Credits:
chiara dazi
Date of Work:
12/31/69 - 12/31/69
Updated: 05/09/20
Transnistria is currently broadly known for its status of unrecognised independent state and unique Sovietstyle-pickeled daily life. But what is holding this place afloat and what is keeping its people together? In the Priednestrovian Moldavian Republic landscape is smooth and verdant, cities are neat and spare; celebrations are sumptuous and ostentatious. The Victory Day is here one of the most important commemorations: it underlies which memory and which history is honoured, it serves the function of gathering all people with their different origins and trajectories together under one common past, and raises consciousnesss by cultivating the sense of duty for the motherland and its heroes. The 9th of May 2015 counted as the 70th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War. For the occasion Moscow had the biggest military parade on display on Red Square which Tiraspol re-aired on its gigantic screen on the 25th October Street. As a matter of fact, the squares and avenues of Tiraspol on the Victory Day are full. Full of Ukrainian Veterans, Bulgarian nurses, Transnistrian children, unemployed workmen, Russian English teachers, half Russian half Moldovan enterprising youth. There is hardly a family here I met, not directly affected by WWII, the rest of their stories is a thousend piece puzzle.
Chiara Dazi, 2015