First encyclopedia to be published in Transnistria

The first encyclopedia of the Transnistrian region will come out by autumn, Info-Prim Neo's correspondent in Tiraspol reports. According to the administration of the region, the Encyclopedia of the Moldovan Transnistrian Republic will be issued on the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of the unrecognized republic. The book will have 1,000 pages and will include 3,000 articles about different local personalities and areas of activity. Ana Volkova, adviser to the Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov, said the Encyclopedia of the Moldovan Transnistrian Republic will contain maps and chronological tables and will be illustrated with color and black and white pictures. “The tables will not be updated as we plan to publish the book “Chronicle of the Most Important Events in the Moldovan Transnistrian Republic” in the near future,” Volkova added. According to Volkova, the first pages of the encyclopedia will contain the list of defenders of the Transnistrian republic and of the civilians who died in the armed conflict of 1992. On September 2, 1990, a secessionist regime proclaimed the Moldovan Transnistrian Republic in the eastern region of Moldova. No country recognized it so far.