Transnistria (also called
Trans-Dniestr or
Transdniestria) is a
partially recognized state located mostly on a strip of land between the River
Dniester and the eastern
Moldovan border with
Ukraine. Since its
declaration of independence in 1990, and especially after the
War of Transnistria in 1992, it has been governed as the
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (
PMR, also known as
Pridnestrovie), a state with limited recognition that claims territory to the east of the River Dniester, and also the city of
Bender and its surrounding localities on the west bank, in the historical region of
Bessarabia. The names "Transnistria" and "Pridnestrovie" both refer to the Dniester River.