This former Soviet republic lies between the Prut & Dniester Rivers
[DOC] [TLE] Moldova - Geography [PAR] THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA is the second-smallest former Soviet republic and 
... known as Bessarabia, lies between the rivers Prut and Nistra (Dniester in... [DOC] [TLE] National construction and post-Soviet geopolitics - University of ... [PAR] In the European part of the former USSR, violent conflict has been less ... one of 
the former Soviet republics that declared independence in 1991 (Figure 1a).