In Russian

In English, they call it Transnistria, the non-recognized state in Moldova. In Russian, it's Pridnistrovie. I call it my birthplace and my heritage. This episode is a personal project; my attempt as a first-generation immigrant to connect to a place I was born into but grew up never quite knowing. The story is told from the perspective of a native Transnistrian, Inna Kramarenko, who weaves together narratives of golden Soviet days and darker periods of conflict to explore her experience of living in one of the frozen conflict zones of the post-Soviet era: an existence within a state of non-existence.