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Message:: [QUOTE="doug5353, post: 2220156, member: 73555"]Actually Transnistria has a LOT to do with Ukraine; they share a long common border that's a smuggler's paradise; residents voted 20 to 1 to attempt to rejoin Russia, but Russia doesn't want them, because there's hostile territory in-between.  Transnistria "broke away" from Moldova because Moldova's a loser with dim prospects, one of the poorest nations in Europe. On top of that, Transnistria is up for grabs; it's not a legal entity, for all practical purposes, it exists only in a desk drawer somewhere.  Its future will be a serious problem for years to come.  The Washington Post has covered its ups and downs very well. That said, Cecilia, one could do worse than collect the attractive and colorful notes of the now-independent chunks of the USSR.  They are cheap, due to runaway inflation, and short-lived, so plenty of new material to acquire.  Just think of 500 different notes, behind Plexiglass, across one entire wall of your living room -- a wallpaper to die for.  (But don't locate them where sunshine or fluorescent lighting would strike them) Even the cat would be impressed.[/QUOTE]