Moldova - stories of life along the Dnestr river / February 2023

  • Dates
    2023 - 2023
  • Author
  • Locations Moldova, Tiraspolul Nou, Găgăuzia, Chişinău

Moldova - stories of life along the Dnestr river / February 2023

The Dniester River is the natural border that divides Moldova from Ukraine and the ghost state of Transnistria.

We crossed the security zones of Transnistria, returning along the borders of Ukraine to collect as many testimonies as possible, hence the story of

an uncertain future with the specter of an enlargement of the Russian / Ukrainian conflict.

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Victor’s farm farmer / Moldovan live in border area 3km from Ukrainian border in Carahasani area
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Victor’s farm farmer / Moldovan live in border area 3km from Ukrainian border in Carahasani area

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Victor’s farm farmer / Moldovan live in border area 3km from Ukrainian border in Carahasani area
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Victor’s farm farmer / Moldovan live in border area 3km from Ukrainian border in Carahasani area

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Varnita zona controllata dalla forze militari della Transnistria / Moldavia
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Varnita zona controllata dalla forze militari della Transnistria / Moldavia

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Parliament of Tiraspol / Transnistria Moldova
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Parliament of Tiraspol / Transnistria Moldova

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Dalia / Director of the Gagauza Dance Cultural Center of Comrat
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Dalia / Director of the Gagauza Dance Cultural Center of Comrat

© Maurizio Gjivovich - The Gagauza Dance Cultural Center of Comrat
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The Gagauza Dance Cultural Center of Comrat

© Maurizio Gjivovich - The Gagauza Dance Cultural Center of Comrat
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The Gagauza Dance Cultural Center of Comrat

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Konstantin and his wife - Rezina village in the Transnistrian security zone
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Konstantin and his wife - Rezina village in the Transnistrian security zone

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Burnings / Transnistrian security zone - view across the Dniester River towards the Town of Molovata Novà
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Burnings / Transnistrian security zone - view across the Dniester River towards the Town of Molovata Novà

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Raissa 75 / inside Comrat’s house in Gagauzia
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Raissa 75 / inside Comrat’s house in Gagauzia

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Image from the Moldova - stories of life along the Dnestr river / February 2023 photography project
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In the autonomous region of Gagauzia in Moldova the statues of Lenin and Atatürk coexist, very often everyone is divided on the topic of war. Many speak Russian, Turkish and GAGAUZO But not the Romanian language, it seems a world apart but everyone lives together in peace despite their cultural differences.

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Old customs crossing of Sorocao in Moldova at the Ukrainian border destroyed before 2020
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Old customs crossing of Sorocao in Moldova at the Ukrainian border destroyed before 2020

© Maurizio Gjivovich - interior home of Elena and her husband Ilie - Chirsova Eastern Gagauzia.
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interior home of Elena and her husband Ilie - Chirsova Eastern Gagauzia.

© Maurizio Gjivovich - the young Cristina 22 years old and Alexander 27 years old in their home in Comrat Gagauzia
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the young Cristina 22 years old and Alexander 27 years old in their home in Comrat Gagauzia

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Soviet-era wrestling gym in Comrat / the Moldovan national champion of Russian origin Alexandr Romanov trains here
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Soviet-era wrestling gym in Comrat / the Moldovan national champion of Russian origin Alexandr Romanov trains here

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Gym where alexander trains every day. Historical detail to former USSR Comrat Gagauzia
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Gym where alexander trains every day. Historical detail to former USSR Comrat Gagauzia

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Image from the Moldova - stories of life along the Dnestr river / February 2023 photography project
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City of Tiraspol the capital, in the background flags of Russia and the self-proclaimed republic of Transnistria / Transnistria Moldova

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Image from the Moldova - stories of life along the Dnestr river / February 2023 photography project
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UTA / Gagauz-Yeri, officially the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, is an autonomous territorial unit of Moldova - close to the Turkish and Russian government - Elena with the flag of her nation

© Maurizio Gjivovich - Image from the Moldova - stories of life along the Dnestr river / February 2023 photography project
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UTA (“Unitatea teritoriala autonomy”, Autonomous Territorial Unit) of Gagauzia - Ceadir Lunga - Kostantin and the farm of the famous Comrat horse

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