Independence Day

Igor Smirnov, president of Pridnestrovie, lays a wreath in honor of the fallen who died fighting for the country's independence.

Pridnestrovie's president, Igor Smirnov, attends the unveiling of a memorial plaque remembering the historic declaration of independence of the republic on 2 September 1990.

At a rock concert celebrating the independence of Pridnestrovie, the nation's citizens get a high decibel serving of what it means to live in a free and democratic country: With the red-and-green flag of this European country in the foreground, we danced in the street all night.

With hard rock, Pridnestrovie celebrates yet another year as a free and independent country. The European nation is a country of young people, many of whom do not know anything else than independence and have never lived under any other system.

In this photo from our national holiday on 2 September 2005, school children from Bender celebrate 15 years of Pridnestrovie as a free and independent nation. For most of them, on this day the republic is actually older than they are.

Dressed in traditional costume, Pridnestrovian flagbearers unfurl a large flag of the republic on independence day (Sept 2)

Members of the country's defense forces form part of a parade celebrating Pridnestrovie's independence day. Every year since 1990, on September 2 the declaration of independence is celebrated with this national holiday.

In Pridnestrovie, an independent European country since 1990, the national red and green flags are proudly flown over the nation's towns and cities.

Rich in culture, the nation celebrates independence day every year on September 2 with traditional music and folk dancers in native garb.

Celebrating the 1990-independence of Pridnestrovie, folk dancers in traditional customes turn out to dance in the street and reaffirm the separate identity of the region´s people. This troupe is from Rybnitsa, a city in the north of the country.