Transnistria War: Moldova's Pro-Soviet Insurgency
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- The Transnistria War broke out between Moldova and its separatist, pro-Soviet republic Transnistria, shortly after the fall of the USSR in 1992.
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I am from Moldova I think I want to mention one very important thing. For everybody who frames this as an ethnic conflict that's barking up the wrong tree. We've lived together for centuries and we've never bickered we've always visited we have family in each other's countries there was never an ethnic tension or ethnic hate. This is a politically motivated conflict that was dictated and directed from Moscow. This conflict was imposed on us by Kremlin. And then Frozen also buy them.
dont worry, you will be soon liberated. :)
@@thiscouldntblowmore Just like Kiv was liberated, or Kharkiv. Keep dreaming. Старая Русская поговорка: Мечтать не вредна.
@@kinai01 you are stupid. Sure the attack stalled, but Russians chose to leave, they werent driven out, no matter how much you sieg heil / slava ukraine and keep day dreaming, the facts dont change. Ja vielä yks juttu, sä olet Ryssä siinä missä ne muutkin, vitun elukka. :D
@@thiscouldntblowmore Liberated from liberty. Is that what you’re trying to convey?
@@angrydoggy9170 i guess you dont have any idea what kind of corrupt and lawless shithole Moldova is? Hint: its right up there with ukraine, albania, kosovo... like having actual death squads roaming the streets might be better to what these have...
Some time ago, at a conference, the Romanian president at the time, Traian Basescu, was asked by a Russian dignitary: we hear that Romania has plan to annex Moldova, what do you have to say about that.
Basescu waddled over to the microphone, with a sh...cheese eating grin, from ear to ear, and says: I'd like the Russian dignitary to write this down: Romania, unlike Russia, has no experience in annexing other states....*mic drop*
I may have a fair share of gripes with Base,but in that moment he was based AF
There is no experience of annexation by Romania of other states, but parts of states. The Hungarians, for example, felt it for themselves) This can be seen by comparing the borders of Romania before and after the First World War. Accession of Transylvania (Trianon Peace Treaty), Southern Dobruja (following the results of the Second Balkan War), annexation of Bessarabia (in 1918 from the Russian Empire - an ally of Romania in WW1, at the time of its collapse). Oh yes, this is a poor and unfortunate country that has been under the yoke of Russia since the emergence of the Romanian principality during the Russian-Turkish wars. And in WW2, some Romanian soldiers were forced to commit atrocities in the territories of the USSR. And at the end of World War II, the damned soviets returned only Transylvania to Romania. And yes, Romania does not want to annex Moldova, these are just fairy tales of a Russian dignitary
Yeah Romania only has experience in by being someone’s lapdog like in the 40s when the crawled for Berlin
Burn!
@@theshadowman1398 In a fight between fascist aggressors and people who were winning against them, you don't choose the fascist aggressor. Germany's plans for Europe were just as grim, if not more so, than the Soviet plan.
As a citizen of the country you are making a video about, I would like to make few comments:
- First. In the cases of serial killers, in order to identify other victims, you use the patterns to the murders you know it was commited to other in unresolved murders in the past, thus, linking those two. So, in the case of Russia, by applying the cases of Georgia and Ukraine to the case of Moldova, you can see a lot of similar patterns that were used in Moldova's case.
I am talking about using some local dispute in order to punish the leadership of the country for their strategic decision. You have the same elements - mercenaries fighting for the separatists, russian proxies, armed "polite men" using babushkas as human shields and so on.
- The constitution of Moldova in 1994 and still states that Moldova is a unitary country. For Gagauzia they offered a special autonomy. For Transnistria they offered few deals with different degrees of autonomy. By the time passing it became profitable for everyone the status quo. - the ones who ruled Tiraspol because they have their own gray area for shady business, the ones in Chișinău because they can offer a gateway for the shady business from Tiraspol, the ones in Kiev for the same reason as the ones in Chisinau. Profitable was also for Odessa, for obvious reasons. And off course a small degree of profit went to the community of international mediators that express concern untill the shit hits the fan and have to deliver weapons. I am talking about those that dream of putting in their CV „a dossier that is solved”, meanwhile, the way it is solved give you the worst possible outcome.
- Moldova is not a model for frozen conflicts. The whole security situation in the moment is stable because the CEO of Sheriff company, the backbone of the separatist economy, have economical and corrupt interest in Ukraine and the West. At the moment, the current elite is in conflict with radical pro-russian, that does not understand why they are not fighting Ukrainians yet. They are not fighting Ukrainians because it is bad for business. However, I dont know how stable is this „architecture of security” for local businessman given the high fatality rate of pro Kremlin business-people as of lately.
Bottom-line - the only reason for Transnistria to exist is just the corruption and contraband that was done for 30 years. FYI - close to 90% if not more, of the citizen living in Transnistria have Moldovan documents issued by authorities in Chisinau. They can move anywhere in Moldova, vote in the elections and be elected in the Parliament. There is no division among political lines (the region, politically and ideologically is no different than Balti or Comrat). There is no religious divide. In terms of ethnicity - the vast majority of the population in Transnistria are the same as in the rest of the country. So, why this problem exist? It is not because of a frozen conflict, but because it is profitable for everyone.
Ukraine doesn't like separatists and they hate Russians even more, especially those who are very close to Odessa. So, Ukraine would likely be willing to kill the 1,500 Russian troops that Putin put in Transnistria. Would the government of Moldova allow Ukrainian forces to do that?
Thank you. It was nice to hear a view from someone very familiar with the topic.
As a historian I LOVE your input! It's the kind of information that makes my history loving heart feel that Christmas had come early.
What better source is there than right from someone who was there?
Thank you for commenting.
And to be fair to Simon, you can only fit so much into a 25 minute video.
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Thank you, Ștefan. I actually scrolled into the comment section to leave a message along the same lines. There is no serious history of violence among the local diasporas of various kinds - the politicians really tried to push the language/cultural division rhetoric, which took off pretty well for a while, but would never stick in a country that has been at crossroads of many nations for many centuries. And yes, if Transnistrian top had any financial interest in war, it would’ve happened by now. Nobody there is willing to let go of their warm spot, because Putin and his gang can’t “handle” their “special operation” the same way they did previously.
If transnistrians attack wouldn't be a suicide for them? I doupt that radical pro russians are so stupid.
Can u do one on the Chinese Civil War, 1945-1949?
I bet it's already in the works bro! I would like to see that one too
Channel called the Great War covers that plus the Warlord Era. Very good.
@@ajh6354 I know the channel haven't seen the video gonna go check it out thanks!
@@gavin3434 You are welcome.
@@gavin3434 War of the Cliques. Warlord Era 1922 through 1928.
Love hearing about Soviet and Russia conflicts. The Soviet Afghan and Georgian War videos left me wanting more! Great video
I am sure Putin will arrange it for you.
@@archstanton6102 lol, I hope he fails in Ukraine like they did in Afghanistan.
You should make video on Tajikistan civil war. Very unknown war
agreed!
1:15 - Chapter 1 - The edge of empire
5:45 - Chapter 2 - End of empire
10:50 - Chapter 3 - Ignition points
14:05 - Chapter 4 - Burning bridges
18:25 - Chapter 5 - The unwinnable war
22:05 - Chapter 6 - Aftermath
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Love that you are doing some more niched material from history, I hadn’t even heard of this war 🫣
Thiese are strange times indeed. I pray the war in Ukraine ends quickly and does not escalate to Transnistria, Moldova or anywhere else.
It doesn't look like that will happen.
Well it go according to rusians plans, with nor losses on russian side and no civilian casualties.(rusian version) It will be months before it end and it will be bloody.( Ukranian version)
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If Russia wins, that is precisely what Putin would do: reignite the conflict all over again. On the other hand, of Ukraine wins, it'll be a message of strength to any anti-Kremlin sentiments everywhere else.
Great content , would love to see some of the less talked about wars such as sino Vietnamese war
Yes - no one ever talks about this war!
@@lachlanwelsh5880 I agree and yet it’s very important in terms of politics and alliances in Asia
Good video as always and very appropriate timing. I wish my history teachers in high school were half as interesting as you.
You wanted your history teachers to spew prop, because that is what this channel does, and it's not "interesting. It is pathetic? Let me guess, American?
@@philgar7786 Let me guess Russian bot?
@@Loki_FPV666 It's on your shoulders that you don't know facts. For instance, it is the US that led what happened that started this mess directly way back in early 2014. It was already planned before Georgia take over in 2004. Stop allowing your mind to be owned by the gov!
Simon can you do one on the Greek civil war? 1944-1949! It’s very interesting how a country resisted the Italians and Germans so hard was plunged in to civil war. In Greece where Winston Churchill is considered a hero for most he has left as some scars in how he let the country down in the riots of Athens in December 1944. Hope you dive in to it with passion as enthousiasme like you always do! Respect!
I think he did in one of his other channels
@@theawesomeman9821 really? I have to look it up then!
It was not Russia that called the area Bessarabia! The name is given by the first ruler of the Romanian country (valahia), Basarab I...
only partial truth...The Russians extended the name ”Bessarabia” to all of Eastern Moldavia, prior to 1812, only the south part of the ”Tsarist Bessarabia” was cold that way. Mainly the territory that now belongs to Ukraine.
That was a very interesting video. I would like to see more videos about lesser known wars like the Polish Lithuanian War or the Tajikistani Civil War.
Love how Simon casually makes a Simpsons reference like we wouldn’t notice.
Good video 👍
The whole of Basarabia and North Bucovina belongs with their Romanian brothers.
It used to be insurgency three decades ago now it is just a mafie state in Tiraspol. Imagine Russian oligarchs concentrated in a single family firm.
Nice history lesson , and thanks from Romania
Great video. Solid content. God bless all people with peace and joy. Amen.
I love this channel. So many conflicts I know so little about
This was a good video, but it needed waaaaaaaayyyy more map views
Thank you so much for making a video about my country's history, love your work 👍
*Please make a video on the Chechen wars, yugoslav wars, Nagorno Karabakh war.*
Pretty sure he did one on Chechnya already. Not sure if he did one on the Yugoslav wars.
Good idea!
Even though, as already pointed out, Chechnya has already been covered
@@RonnieOP ok
@@RonnieOP what about Nagorno Karabakh war.
@@sebresludolf9611 not sure what that is, but sure, why not
I'm a German but My grandmother was born in Romanian Bessarabia in 1919 therefore I'm also a Romanian citizen. I want reunification to happen at some point in my lifetime i'm sad that Ukraine was attacked by Russia but it could open an opportunity to finally become one country
If Rumania left NATO then Russia would give it South Bessarabia.
@@crhu319 It seems similar to Hitler's proposal to Romania in 1940, it only involved Southern Ukraine. Putin and Hitler will have the same heritage in human history.
@@crhu319 what are you talking about
@@_utahraptor Russia had offered to split up Ukraine and give territory to Poland, Romania, and possibly Belarus. I googled and tried to find the map, but I didn’t find it, but it was absurd and never taken seriously. It was a map and plan released by Russia early in the war. It was treated as a joke by everyone else and I never heard anything else about it.
You shouldn't be sorry. Remember that Ukrainians together with Russians prompted the German population withdrawal from Moldova. When Sothern Basarabia was given to Ukraine, Ukraine deleted all the German traces. If Putin has a point is that Ukraine has never respected minorities .
I love how this script was written and how his Brain Blaze(Business Blaze) parts come out now
Are you able to do the Servile Wars in ancient Rome? Alone there's probably not enough info for a video, but together they might be
Bender is not the only European city named after a Futurama character. You're forgetting Fry, France.
This sounds like an obtuse joke about French fries but it's an actual place.
There's another Fry in Greece.
Mistake at 23:35. Says the war of 1922, instead of 1992.
Long time no see simon
Excellent video 📹
But... no map of the actual region???
Interesting, good introduction into a situation very much overlooked that has become a very important issue.
NOTE: 23:34 _"the Transnistria war of _*_1992",_* not *_"1922"._* NOTE to UA-cam on the "English (auto)" subtitles: I doubt that the names, the narrator mentions, are _"Gore"_ and 23:54 _"Dear Ass Ball."_ (and a few more).
Glory to the moldavian-romanian heroes who fought for liberty and integrity of this land
Can you do a video on the Battle of Blair Mountain in which the US Military had to called in to to quell a labor uprising of coal miners who were being abused by the coal company in 1921
This one came out great!
Chisinau is pronounced kishinau. Romanian is a Romance language, and as in Italian, ch represents the "k" sound.
Yes, but trust me any English man will always try to pronounce it their way.
The left guy from thumbnail, I thought that was Steven Seagal went bald😮
it is worth noting that Moldova's current President, Maia Sandu, is quite easy to look at; and also not discernably evil.
Her and Finland's prime minister.
@@duybear4023
Another proof that women should be kept away from politics
They're inexperienced in foreign affairs and being drawn into conflict as front line cannon fodder states. Very dangerous.
Not a sexist but youth issue, Obama had the same problem.
How about the Seven Years War? It started 266 years ago today.
Do an episode on the Warlord period in the 1920's and how it influenced Japan's attack on Manchuria in 1931 sparking WW2.
what is the music that is used for the intros of warographics? It is eerely familiar.
So this video might get recommended a bit more after today
LOL, I imagine Simon being like, "Puppet? what are you talking about?" it's Star Wars, Big Brains get it.
Will you do the Balkan wars ?
Maps? Good content guys but the no maps to show make it very hard to understand.
Maybe you can do the 1 year war between The Kingdom of Romania and Hungary?
Would only be bad for your narrative
Great Yoda reference!!
Can we get one on the Battle of the Boyne?
Fancy doing visual politic and Simons request for a raise?
The depicted Triumph Arc was built by the Russians after the Russo - Turkish wars at the end of the 19th century. This monument explains a lot about the local geo-politics.
Cine a construit arcul de triunf🤣🤣 traiesti intro lume paralela ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcul_de_Triumf_din_Bucure%C8%99ti
@@coandageorge1488 Please elaborate?
@@tofanalexander ai lincul acolo iti explica tot
@@coandageorge1488 Ce explica?! Ca Arcul de Triumf din Chisinau a fost construit de Rusi cu citiva decenii inainte de cel din Bucuresti?
@@tofanalexander Am crezut ca te referi la cel romanesc
Endless dominos, falling in endless order, one ancient event becoming a pre modern event, becoming an early modern event, an event for our grandparents, our parents, and now to us. I wish one day will come soon when the people tossed in the tide of history will be able to live in peace with themselves and each other. Romanians, Gaugauz, Moldovans, Russians. Are we all not more similar than we shall ever be different? Are we not brothers?
Only something on the order of bottled fusion and or antimatter could see the world fed through. The coming era of scarcity and famine not seen globally since the chicxulub event and forever war over control of this technology will have begun.
I find that's the really stirring thing when you delve into history... You can see the ripples of events from centuries ago still being felt today.
there is no such thing as ”Romanians and Moldovans”, but ”Moldovans, thus Romanians”.
@@andreidiaconu8530 I mean, that's not a call for me to make, that's a call for the Moldovans to make. If they say they're not Romanian, then that's that
@@samwill7259 well, if they consider moldovans and non-romanians at the same time, they are not moldovans, but rather, they have a distorted vision of what it means to be a moldovan.
The majority of modavians from the old principality of Moldavia already live in Moldovan region from Romania, and they consider themselves Romanians. What is beyond Romanian borders is Soviet scap, anyway,.
People there have been stripped of their identity for 200 years, so for them to come to us and tell us what it means to be a moldavian, it's kind of hypocritical. All the Moldavian history resides in today's Romania. Even Stefan the Great was born here, he ruled here and is buried here. Republic of Moldova has no history on it's own, that is the Romanians' history. Only from 1812(Russian Empire annexation) you can say that they have their own history, but I don't see how you can be proud with only 200 years of history, period in which they were under total domination of the Russian empire, and then USSR.
Futurama, my favorite "adult" cartoon... luv that comment Simon
Come on, that geezer on the title picture has to be Flash Gordon's nemesis, the infamous 'Ming the Merciless'.
You should cover the Sino-Indian war.
Please for the love of God look up how to say Dnieper and Dniester.
He's English, can pronounce Worcestershire without problems, but give D and N together... 😅
Fire
Russia created 2 separatis respublics in georgia too.
Stalin drew up Georgia's border to include South Ossetia on purpose.
Could you do a video on the English civil war?
There is a Randy Savage GEOGRAPHICS EPISODE?! 😉👌
Now do all the wars between denmark and sweden
So did all the footage of these events vanish in a puff of smoke as well?
WTF I looked at the thumbnail and was like "that Segal?"
3:31 Before the creation of the Moldovan ASSR, there were comitets emultating those of the Basserbia.
Wikipedia has most of toponyms transcribed to IPA, not confusing Dniester (NEE-stər) with DNIPER, which is a river nearby, would make your videos a lot better with little effort
Why are comments not visible? Is Simon deleting them?
I must say I don’t really like how this video frames this conflict as fully ethnic (and also how it is very much pro one side ignoring some of the crimes of both sides), it was very much a political conflict, and I don’t know many Moldovan who are fully pro-Romania or pro-Russia practically everyone has family in both places and most people, (at least those that I know) are first and foremost Moldovan, and don’t really have a problem with any of the languages.
And also I must say that unlike what you would think travel between Moldova and Transnistria is fairly easy and except the uneasy feeling of seeing all the communist symbols and such while walking around it’s pretty much the same.
Does the standard Moldovan girl look more Russian than Romanian? I’ve met two so far and thought they were Russian at first.
@@LeadLeftLeon Giving my best try to answer this, I think this question is somewhat flawed, but assuming you mean between looking like they’re from Russian regions closest to Moldova or/and Ukrainians and looking Romanian like someone from say Moldavia ( the state in Romania) would look, I would say that in the main cities most would probably look like a kind of mix of both (you might say like a bit darker skinned Russian face, or very light but with a Romanian/Dacian face) and a bit more of what I guess would look like pure Russians or Ukrainians, while in the small villages and towns I would say they would look more Romanian (feels weird to say somehow) and honestly if you ask me it’s pretty hard to differentiate between Romanian and “countryside” Moldovan.
I am in no way an expert and I might be biased given on where I live/lived
Edit; as for Pridnestrovie most people are simply literally Russians and Ukrainians by origin
And Gagauz are well, Gagauz
@@moldovanpotato thank you, brother. Two Moldovans I met were easily in my eyes the most beautiful Eastern Europeans I seen
@@LeadLeftLeon I'm pretty sure you'd think Romanian girls are Russian before being told too
@@_utahraptor nah Romanians are Latin
Love the content fact boy, but could we have more recent wars please, battles within larger wars ect, by the way, best history by far 😁
The Bender River? Yeah, they're gonna have to change that...
how abought a video on Continuation War?
Oh hey... I'm born, raised and living in Transnistria. Never expected that warographics would cover our country, let alone so well. Amazing work my man, you explain history better than all of the history teachers I've previously had, keep it up!
It’s very interesting! I hope things remain calm for you all over there.
@@ValensBellator Mhm, I just hope our government isn't foolish enough to enter *a certain war.*
@@VkklVkkl You mean a certain special military operation? 😂
I shouldn’t laugh, it’s terrible, just surprised they’re still avoiding the word “war”. Definitely hope you all don’t get dragged into it… I imagine the idea of opening a new front in Ukraine might be enticing Russia and their 1500 soldiers in Transnistria right now.
@@ValensBellator Russia is avoiding the ward "war" because it changes the legal context of the operation. Right now it is just some little foible of Putin's, using only the professional part of the army. The Conscripts that are called up every 6 months for a 1 year military term are not, by law, allowed to participate. There is no martial law in Russia, and the civilians don't have to worry about being drafted en masse tomorrow.
The moment Putin calls it a "war", all that changes. And he seems to be of the opinion that the locals might turn restless, and perhaps he is even concerned the rest of the world might also get restless, though that probably isn't a consideration, because it has never happened before in the whole history of Soviet/Russian occupation of other countries.
@@ValensBellator Yup, I don't really think they're to keen on leaving any time soon either so I just hope that the government keeps the russian 'peace-keeping' troops in check.
It was a really confusing and rather dangerous time for western politics and diplomacy. The threat of nuclear capabilities spreading out resulted in western countries basically allowing and even supporting Russia to take any action they felt necessary.
Aren't the consequences amazing? 200 000 casualties in the Ukrainian war so far and counting, the greatest refugee crisis, economic crisis and who knows what will follow... But at least, Ahmed did not get nuclear weapons, we only have Vova threatening everyone with nuclear annihilation. Wasn't the Western diplomacy brilliant?
It's not that difficult to admit when you have made a mistake... Or a hundred.
Has Simon watched Futurama or is that just another one of those references his writer inserted that went over his head again 😅
This video is even more relevant today.. OCT/6/2023
Well you know what they say
The sun rises
Grass grows
And Russia colonises
Skips over Stalin's annexation of Bessarabia in 1940.
Simon, while talking, can you at least show a map of the area
Transnistria deserves to decide for itself
Is it morally okay to colonise an area then say this area deserves to decide for itself when it's population isn't the same anymore?
Some maps, as well as images you are talking about (ex 15:25) would be appreciated
Please do one involving the dog meat general
"Ming the Merciless" is still alive!!! lol.
Why does the guy in the thumbnail look like Seagal to me?
Warographics videos about WWII pacific battles please! Pearl Harbor, Midway, Iwo Jima, ect.
I still don't understand what they were fighting over
The river and industry.
what's the piano cover?
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Please visit Micahistory 2, it would mean a lot!
Have you done the abakhasnian war of the 1990s?
With the war on Ukraine raging right now Moldova is worried that a Russian backed separatists movement will start just like the Donbas region in Ukrainian soil.
I suggest the War of 1812.
23:34 You meant 1992, not 1922.
my romanian girlfriend who's also a palm reader, said that I have the most beautiful palms she ever seen. Also, on Friday I'll be hit by a train
Please do the bosnian war and yugoslav wars
Too much face-to-camera. Need more maps.
Am I the only one who heard Simon say 1922 when it should’ve been 1992?
23:37!
might i say : you need to slow down a bit ...
23:32 "The Transnistrian War of 1922" ? 😂
6:56 Did someone say "Great Reset"?
Goodness Steven Segal's let himself go.
Can won be done on the Iran - Iraq war, very brutal, very sad