12) Bendery. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bendery, or Bender: see Tighina, Moldova....

13) Dniester. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dnister, river, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long, forming part of the border between Ukraine and Moldova. It rises in the Carpathian Mts., flows generally SE through SW Ukraine...

14) Tiraspol. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A city of southwest Moldova on the Dniester River east of Chisinau. It was founded c. 1792 as a Russian fortress on the site of a Moldavian settlement. Population:...

15) Bessarabia. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A region of Moldova and western Ukraine. As the gateway from Russia into the Danube River valley, it was for centuries an invasion route from Asia to Europe. The...

16) Tighina. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A city of southern Moldova on the Dniester River northwest of Odessa, Ukraine. A historically strategic gateway to Bessarabia, the city has been controlled at various...

17) Chisinau. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The capital of Moldova, in the south-central part of the country northwest of Odessa, Ukraine. It was founded as a monastery center in the early 15th century. Population:...

18) Podolia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Podolia, (podo´ly) (KEY) , region, SW Ukraine, separated in the south from Moldova by the Dniester and in the west from W Galicia by the Southern Buh. It borders...

19) June-Aug. 13. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...to hire labor. 1 June Sovereignty Declarations by Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, and Moldova. On June 12 the Russian Federation, the largest and most powerful republic...

20) n. Ukraine. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...July 16 Ukraine declared its sovereignty, which went further than that of Uzbekistan and Moldova. It declared the right to have "its own armed forces, internal security...