The 1989 Transnistrian census was organized by the authorities of the MSSR in the final days of its existence as a Soviet republic. It took place as part of the

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of 1989. Results from the 1989 census showed that among the population of Transnistria, approximately 40% were ethnic

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, 28%

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and 25%

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Census results

* Total population on the left bank of the Dniester river (minus Tighina): 546,400 * Total population in

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s mostly on the left bank of the Dniester river (minus Tighina): 601,660The Multiethnic Republic
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: 39.9% *

: 28.3% *

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: 25.5% * Others: 6.4%

References

{{Transnistrian censuses Censuses in Transnistria

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

1989 in Transnistria