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The place
Baza baykerov "Tortuga" ("Tortuga biker base") in Transnistria/Moldova, Tiraspol/Bender area (self-proclaimed pro-Russian Transnistria, Moldova), at 23 m elevation, on the left bank of the Dniester. Continuous Moldova cluster (batches 340-394). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Moldova absent from the country table (provisional attribution to Romania, ID CWI27oT, to be corrected). Biker clubhouse base Tortuga (Tiraspol, 130,000 residents, capital of the self-proclaimed Transnistria, unrecognized by the UN since 1990 + Bender, 100,000 residents + the Dniester, 1,352 km, 3rd longest river in Eastern Europe + heritage of the Moldovans/Transnistrians/Gagauz (Romanian-speaking peoples, 2.5 M in Moldova + Russians, 200,000, in Transnistria + Gagauz, Turkic-speaking, 130,000, Orthodox, centered on Comrat + USSR annexation in 1940 following the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact + the self-proclaimed Transnistria of 2 September 1990, post-USSR + the Transnistria War of 1992, 800 dead over 5 months + Moldovan independence, 27 August 1991 + Maia Sandu, president 2020-2025, pro-EU reforms + not yet an EU candidate as of 2022).
The setting
Transnistria/Moldova, Tiraspol/Bender area, self-proclaimed pro-Russian Transnistria, Moldova, 23 m, left bank of the Dniester, continuous cluster batches 340-394, Tortuga biker base + Tiraspol 130,000, capital of self-proclaimed Transnistria, unrecognized since 1990 + Bender 100,000 + Dniester 1,352 km, 3rd longest in Eastern Europe; Moldovans/Transnistrians/Gagauz, Romanian-speaking 2.5 M in Moldova + Russians 200,000 in Transnistria + Gagauz, Turkic, 130,000, Orthodox, Comrat + USSR 1940 following Molotov-Ribbentrop 1939 + Transnistria proclaimed 2 Sept 1990 + War of 1992, 800 dead, 5 months + Moldovan independence 27 August 1991 + Sandu 2020-2025, pro-EU + not an EU candidate as of 2022; ANOMALY: Moldova absent, provisional attribution.
