We can think of at least 642,000 reasons why you should visit Pridnestrovie ... but here are 9 which we consider especially important.

In Pridnestrovie, the development of physical culture and sports is carried out by the 31 sports schools, including 16 specialized ones, in which 25 kinds of sports are cultivated and more than 12 thousand sportsmen and sportswomen are trained on a regular basis.

Upon independence in 1990, Pridnestrovie created its ministry of environmental protection and launched an urgent ecology program for the Dniester River. As a result, Pridnestrovie is today a clean and well protected "green" country.

Since independence in 1990, it has a free market economy, 200% growth, and a multi-party democracy with the opposition in control of parliament. Will this be enough to put Pridnestrovie on the map?

Soon after independence in 1990, Pridnestrovie introduced its own currency: The PMR Ruble, abbreviated PRB. The nation's Central Bank issues both coins, known as Kopeks, and its own full Ruble bank notes.

Clearing customs: PMR border post

The paperwork process is transparent and easy. There is no visa required and only a quick, hassle-free registration for longer stays.

PMR domestic law enforcement

The crime rate is extremely low in Pridnestrovie, so there is nothing in particular to be concerned about. The rumors of drugs / weapons / smuggling / mafia are just that ... rumors.

Best known under the name Transnistria, this name is actually wrong. The real name of the country is Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica, or Pridnestrovie for short.

Transnistria is an artificial geographic term created in World War II by fascists to designate a territory of about 16,000 square miles used for the annihilation of Jews deported from Romania. It was an area situated in south-western Ukraine, a small part of which is today present-day Pridnestrovie. "Trans-Nistria" literally means "beyond the River Dniester". Widely used abroad to describe the PMR, it is not used locally and it should be avoided.

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