A Summer Day in Tiraspol, Transnistria

This video shows us crossing the border between the Ukraine and Transnistria on our bikes (the camera-bike is a Ducati ST4S-ABS and the other bike is a Suzuki B-King). During our motorcycle tour through Eastern Europe in summer 2011, we spent two days and one night in Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. Transnistria (aka Приднестровье/Pridnestrovie) is a breakaway territory located between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border. Transnistria represents an autonomous, de facto independent state which is a part of the Commonwealth of Unrecognized States and a fascinating “time capsule“ of the former Soviet Union. The statue shown between 2:13-2:15 is Lenin. The parade at the end of the video was the “last day of school celebration“ (3:05-3:10 were recorded at the graduation ceremony)