Gallery: Meet the People of a Soviet Country That Doesn't Exist

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    Nikolay Smolenskiy, Police Lieutenant Colonel and expert in Transnistrian Criminal Law.
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    Alexandr Sirotin, Transnistrian Judo Champion.
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    Nina Shtanski, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic.
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    Andrey Voropai, Director of the Transnistrian Rowing Team.
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    Anastasia Spatar, a 23-year-old student in Transnistria who has never left the province.
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    Igor Nebeygolova, KGB Colonel and Commander of the Cossack Regiment in Tiraspol.
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    Irina Smirnova, Director of the Museum of the National Tragedy at Bendery.
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    Sergey Cheban, Deputy Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of Transnistrian Moldovan Republic.
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    Tatyana Syarova, Editor in Chief at Transnistrian TV Channel 1.
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    Nikolay Babilunga, professor of Transnistrian History and creator of the Transnistrian History Curriculum.
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    Elena Topolskaya, Head Marriage Registrar in Transnistria.
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    Andrey Smolenskiy, the only tour operator in Transnistria.
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    Nadezhda Bondarenko, editor of the Transnistrian newspaper Pravda.
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    Valery Isordan, Member of the Vikings motorcycle club in Transnistria.
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