The History of Montgomery and Its Capitol Building is Fascinating. Did you know, for instance, that Montgomery became the state capital in 1846 after three other towns had proved undesirable due to geography, politics, or flooding? The 1850 state capitol building is even affectionately known as "Goat Hill," because the ground was originally used as […]
Life in Limbo for Transnistrians
Posted by Lyndon Allin to Global Voices Online Movie theater, downtown Tiraspol, originally uploaded by lyndonk2 In recent years, it seems like a solution to Moldova’s long-unresolved secessionist conflict is always being forecast but never quite materializes. Meanwhile, the people who live in the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (a.k.a. the PMR, Transnistria, Transdniester, Pridnestrovie, etc.), […]