- Countries ending with A
Yesterday, as part of my countries ending with … series, I showed the city of Bender. So today I thought I’d finish that story with a quick tour of the capital, Tiraspol.
Today, 2 September, is when the partially recognised republic of Transnistria celebrates its independence: on this day in 1990, the then PMSSR declared its independence from the Moldovan SSR. This was followed by close on 2 years of war, ending in a peacefire in July 1992.
Lenin in front of the Transnistria Parliament, Tiraspol, July 2019
Tiraspol 
Chernobyl memorial 
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 
Memorial of Glory 
A.V. Suvorov on horseback 
A.V. Suvorov on horseback 
House of Soviets 
Lenin 
Tiraspol railway station
If any of you fancy joining in and need some ideas, here’s a list of countries ending with A, including a few that are not officially recognised by many other countries.
- Abkhazia – Limited recognition
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Bolivia
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burma / Myanma
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea – Bissau
- Guyana
- India
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Korea, North / North Korea
- Korea, South / South Korea
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Namibia
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Ossetia – Limited recognition
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Transnistria – Limited recognition
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Venezuela
- Western Sahara – Limited recognition
- Zambia
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 2 September 2021
Posted as part of Places ending with …
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Travel with Intent 
Just looked at the list, I have been to 17 of those countries. I suspect you have been to them all!
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Transnistria – I never even heard of it. My choice is Estonia: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2021/09/03/impressions-of-estonia/
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Thanks for teaching me some things about Transnistria (which I’d heard of but knew nothing about).
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Not even heard of it! What fabulous adventures you have
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Love that train station although I’ve never heard of Transnistria. I know Moldova from the ending of “Red”, one of our favorite movies (although be warned, there’s not much other than the name and a bit of humor.)
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I knew it from the board game Where’s Moldova? 🙂 and Transnistria made a brief appearance in Michael Palin’s New Europe. Both are worth tracking down.
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Interesting!
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They don’t make huge statues any more like those. That one in Munich was amazing whoever posted that one – Elke?
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My goodness you certainly seem to reach part of the globe many of us have never even heard of! Great series!
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Transnistria was a day trip from Chisinau – but it was one of my main reasons for going to Moldova. I found it a friendly place and just perfect for dragging out the few remaining words in my Russian ability.
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