We all take pride in our roots, but photographer Anton Polyakov has a unique love for his homeland. Polyakov was born and raised in the breakaway province of Transnistria, an approximately 125-mile-long sliver of territory along the Dniester River running between Moldova and Ukraine. In the aftermath of the USSR’s collapse in the early 90s, the Soviet Republic of Moldova declared independence, but the region along the Dniester sought freedom of its own. Transnistria may have fought a bloody war for self-rule from Moldova in 1992, but it’s still not recognized by the United Nations — or any UN member …read more
Source: Business Insider
