I do actually! Was going to announce and launch it soon, if you're interested then it's here - www.patreon.com/thelifeofjord

@@TheLifeOfJord awesome

Basarabia e Romania

@@gregoryfiodorov2733 Ajunge ! Ați zaibit poporul

@@delta-gomme doar se incepe .i.

it's actually not that strange. more normal than Moldova or Ukraine. there are few Americans even living there kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d82Khch4vd-7pqs.html

Planes, Trains, Everything. You only need some russian knowledge and thats it, your welcome with a us or eu passport

The soviet symbolism is really just for heritage purposes at this point and not allegiance to communism. Think former parts of the British Empire that still have big statues of Victoria and the union jack and crowns on their flag while at the same time not actually wanting to re join Britain Honestly good for them for it. Its a symbol of their past and might as well be used instead of trying to deny their past and shame it like some countries do.

P77777777 yep for example Luhansk People’s Republic also uses Soviet imagery. While Donetsk uses Russian imperial imagery

@@TheLocalLt yes, however, calling the country People's Republic while using Imperial symbols is silly. at least I think that.

Cool Goby Fish well Russia is basically fascist so they aren’t going to support communism (Putin has said as much many times, he also happens to be one of the world’s biggest kleptomaniacs so he definitely doesn’t support communism) and Russia under Putin has always portrayed the Russian Federation itself as a kind of reincarnation of the Russian Empire instead of the Soviet Union, but as they’ve become fascist since 2012 they needed a “glorious past” to base their revanchism on, and that glorious past happens to have been under Communism, meaning that since 2012 there has been a large amount of intertwining of Soviet symbology with Russian Empire symbology. In essence it’s taking ownership of everything the Soviet Union did in terms of state imagery (ie supporting “people’s republic” satellite states, having satellite flags based off of the mother country with one color changed, giant and numerous displays of said flags in public places, public and private display of leader of the mother country and satellite states, and most importantly of course usage of the hammer and sickle itself) as essentially Russian symbols and reminders of a time of Russian greatness, that happens to have been under Communism. So essentially the usage of the term “people’s republic”, usage of the Russian tricolor with one color changed, the usage of the Soviet-style crest by Luhansk, and usage of the the hammer-and-sickle by Transnistria (and Russia in its parades) all stand for one thing: Russian nationalism and revanchism.

@@TheLocalLt that's a long response, but anyway. Pridnestrovie is great. I love it. I live there 6 months out of the year. out of all post-Soviet countries, it is one of the better ones.

How old are u now

@@araarabara Still not old enough, and I kinda wanna keep my age private for now

​@@abasedcrusader9663 are you old enough?

@@EternalMuscovite yes i am lol, damn i sent that comment AGES ago when i was one of those commie wannabe kids. ive matured since then lol, but travelling would still be fun

Communist is soviet union

@@gamingforaday5446 socialist*

There is no influence of communists in Transnistria, in Moldova itself their influence is much greater. So Soviet symbols are like a historical heritage.

I read the title think he went back to Artsakh hehe

Lol yes vonc es axper 🇦🇲

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@@levonalyanakian1831 yes axper chem, ape🤣😂😂 hay aghjik em😎💪🏼😁

VictoriaBC 😅🤣

Great comment, you got the spirit of the place :)

We can travel together

Why is it 'weird'? I'd appreciate it if you cared to elucidate that point.

Its just an autonomous area of Moldova there is nothing weird other then turks live there

@@vickru2133 Yes, I know that. I was just curious why that person called it weird.

@Flav C I see, so this is what makes it weird. It's clear now. Not "violet", or "fragrant", or maybe "simultaneous", or any other property described with an equally random adjective, but weird. Thank you.

Why is it weird? Thats the whole point of Autonomy if the country has minority living on the compact area, and please don't tell gagauzians that they are Turkish.

wow

What? I live in Moldova and this is the first time I hear about “Drunk War”. Unfortunately, my dad took part in the war with Transnistria (luckily, just for one or two day), he was obliged to be there. He said that there were dead people and what was happening in Chisinau was terrible. How can someone call that “Drunk War”?

"drunk war"--- some news papers used to name this war such way... anyway it was a terrible time for local people. Stupid war produced by USSR nostalgia, catalyzed and supported by Russia mother.

Avery read some history becouse people died in that war

That's partially true, but there were a lot of nazis from Romania and Ukraine, as well as local scum, that came to rob and kill. They killed around a thousand people in Transnistria, as well as stripped and burned a few factories and hospitals. Newly formed moldovan OPON police units also killed a lot of people (including unarmed).

Go to your local tailor

@btf Your last sentence may or may not be true, however you seem to be a bit confused here - the place in the video officially and de facto ceased to be Russia back in 1918. Again, regardless of whether or not your statement is juustified, Russia proper is absolutely irrelevant in this case, be it under socialism or capitalism.

'' think that the people should be able to be independent or join another country if they want to.'' It's just that this is not what happened here. The secession didn't take place because people wanted it, it took place because Russia invaded so Republic of Moldova wouldn't join NATO with Transnistria (important strategic point and great ammo stroages). The russians only represent 30% of the population there, while the other 70% is made up of romanians and ukrainians (both peoples hate Russia and the made-up separatist regions it created). But who knows how long that will last with the russians ethnically cleansing (denying non-russian education, church service, media, etc in order to forcefully russify everyone else) anyway. Either way, this had nothing to do with the people's will, it had 100% to do with Russia's reaction to whatever it doesn't like (which is violence).

@@antoniudraculea4507 Well, okay? Your name sounds Romanian or Moldovan so maybe you know better, unless you have an agenda. But in Ukraine it's definitely not the case. Crimeans want to be Russian, they already voted even if Western countries won't approve it, and when people have gone to Crimea and talked to locals most have also told that they want to be a part of Russia. No matter what I trust Russia a lot more than I trust our disgusting puppet governments here in the West and especially more than I trust the US government. Note I'm not talking about people, I trust people of any country, just not governments, and Western governments are the worst liars of all. That's what happens with disgusting capitalism where greedy rich people and money get to rule. And the average intelligence and stupid peoples' votes are worth just as much as those of the super-intelligent.

@@im_so_bored3896 Lol my country Sweden is a puppet to the US like many other countries. Unfortunately. I'm just not listening to the Western media and politicians' claims.

@@jontiswe relax tavarish i already deleted my comment. i really don't need the trouble. don't send the bots for me ok?

I've been there. 1. You dont need a visa, so long as you can access either Ukraine or Moldova you should be fine. 2. Anyone who is already in Moldova can go. They don't have border points I think (because if they do, that would mean they're recognizing Transnistria as a country) but if you are coming from Ukraine you have I think 3 days to report to the Moldovan authorities of your arrival... Unless you just only stay in Transnistria and go back to Ukraine.

@@ThePieMaster219 Thanks for the reply! I disagree though that having border checkpoints means recognising the other country. Because between Crimea and mainland Ukraine there are border checkpoints too but Ukraine doesn't recognise Crimea as Russian :D

@@FlorianHWave Oh, that wasn't my opinion speaking, I believe that legitimately is the Moldovan government saying that. Funny enough, when I came back into Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities had a Moldovan stamp ready (Pervomaisc I believe) along with my Ukraine entry stamp. I mean I would wager it would be a bit different with Ukraine considering it's Russia that they're facing, not an internationally unrecognized rogue region. I believe for the Donetsk People's Republic they do not have a border checkpoint... I might be wrong though, it has been a really long time since I last checked.

Border checkpoint in this definition being "You are leaving our country and entering a foreign land" checkpoint. If I recall correctly, if you're a foreigner you can't go to Crimea from Ukraine. And for Ukrainians a special permit is needed except for a few exceptions. So even there I think things are a little more intricate 🤔

@@ThePieMaster219 Ah, now I know what you mean. Yeah, that makes sense from the Moldovan government's point of view, even though it surprises me because if a part of a country wants to split off, it's usually seen as a safety threat, so setting up checkpoints may still make sense. Crimea is effectively Russian now, they even have a border fence to mainland Ukraine. You can access it now from Russia via the new bridge.

Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan

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georgia is russia

This is a mantra

Yes, but Hotel Russia is not as entertaining, Hotel Aist is famous for being bad, and is also cheap.

@@marcustulliuscicero9140 well why would you want to stay at a bad hotel ? Going on holiday is supposed to be fun right

@@scdnj What's not fun about a bad hotel? Why stay in the same kind of a hotel you can stay everywhere else when you can stay in an abandoned Soviet building?

@@potatoO0o because you are actually spending money to sleep there. Why would u want to stay in a place with only negative reviews?

@@scdnj Because you're in Transnistria, not France. It's very cheap and the reviews are pretty positive.

They’re probably fakes

He doesn't go on tours. :)

Yeah, I doubt he went on a tour. You see that bar he went into? Locals only.

You should visit our country, we still live in the Soviet Union!

Why is that? One of the two Founding Fathers of Ukraine, along with Joseph Jughashvili, probably deserves to be commemorated in monuments.

@@user-wz8pb5pi2h because oligarchs & so on, ukraine is battle royale for battles

​@@user-wz8pb5pi2h *it's not TRUE, you know it!!!* West Ukrainian People's Republic., Ukrainian People's Republic.., AFTER Ukraine was OCCUPIED by USSR - in 1922 - (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic)

@@deodeo9856 And then the Bolsheviks gave you Russia's Donbass and Novorossiya, later parts of Romania and Poland, and finally Crimea. So in terms of land acquisitions Ukraine ended up the main beneficiary of the Soviet regime and its land-grabbing operations. In its current state Ukraine only emerged thanks to the Soviet occupation that you mentioned, and to this day continues to be the direct heir to the occupied territories that Lenin and Jughashvili, aka Stalin, incorporated in it.

In a way it's right to get rid of Lenin and Stalin since they caused a lot of pain to your country but I saw there are several monumets to people who fought the nazis that were destroyed or attacked. That's not cool.

Stalin did a lot of good things that outweighed the bad things he did. That's why we praise him.

@@AnatolyZolotukhinov no. Not even remotely. Not at all. He helped to start World War II. He murdered millions. The hammer and sickle and swastika are the two sides of the same evil coin made in Hell. The death of the Soviet Union was a miracle.

I live there and it is wonderful

We are the last Soviet state

They're gonna create beef with other countries

As a Transnistrian, I am still trying to get recognized by Russia

@P.O. This. I mean the USSR wasnt the greatest place ever but at least the transnistrians are not politically correct about their past whereas we in the west are supposed to be ashamed and apologetic of our history. Theres a bunch of people who want us to change our flag and our name because it recognizes that we used to be part of the British Empire.