an excuse to intervene in Moldova. The Russian army has a military base and a large ammunition dump in the region. Russia has about 1,500 soldiers stationed in breakaway Transnistria. They are supposed to serve there as peacekeepers. Notes See also War of Transnistria Disputed status of Transnistria Transnistrian border customs issues Crime in Transnistria International recognition of Transnistria Republic of Moldova References see Chapter 4 Dallin, Alexander. Odessa, 1941–1944: A Case Study of Soviet Territory Under Foreign Rule. Iasi-Oxford-Portland: Center for Romanian Studies. Oxford, 1998 Ion Nistor, Vechimea aşezărilor româneşti dincolo de Nistru, București: Monitorul şi Imprimeriile Statului, Imprimeria Naţională, 1939 John Mackinlay and Peter Cross (editors), Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping, United Nations University Press, 2003, Charles King, The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture, Hoover Institution Press, 2000 Dareg Zabarah Nation- and Statehood in Moldova: Ideological and political dynamics since the 1980s, Harrasowitz Verlag (Balkanologische Veröffentlichungen No: 53), 2011 Casu, Igor. Dusmanul de clasa. Represiuni politice, violenta si rezistenta in R(A)SS Moldoveneasca, 1924-1956. Chisinau: CARTIER, 2014, , chapters 1-3 (on Great Terror available in Romanian and Russian at Igor Casu | State University of Moldova - Academia.edu). External links Pridnestrovie.net history section (Official Transnistrian site) History of creation and development of the Parliament of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) Video of Transnistria sv:Transnistrien#Historia