I love countries and territories with uncertain geopolitical status, dwarf countries, unrecognized states, and virtual ones. This is one of my weaknesses. My interest in the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic, an unrecognized state recognized only by the same unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia, arose after reading articles about this republic in the blog of puerrtto (in the world – Alexander Lapshin).

I was very interested in the fact that I could be arrested for taking a photo of a trolleybus 😂. So, being in Odessa at the end of August 2012, I woke up one fine morning in my hotel and decided to visit Transnistria. Having quickly found information on the Internet about how to get to Tiraspol from Odessa cheaply, I ran in for breakfast at Puzata Hata, after which I left my big bags for storage at the hotel, took my backpack, and went in search of adventure.