PRIDNESTROVIAN IDENTITY AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY
https://doi.org/10.48137/23116412_2026_1_66
Abstract
The article examines the Pridnestrovian identity through the prism of the concept of ontological security. The article focuses on two directions of the formation of the Transnistrian identity: civilizational and civic. A special place in the work is given to the issues of the mnemonic confrontation between Moldova and Pridnestrovie.
About the Authors
I. S. Soldatenko
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Soldatenko Igor S. – postgraduate student, Department of History and Theory of Politics
Moscow
V. A. Sitalova
State University of Management
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sitalova Victoria A. – Master’s degree, Department of Public Administration and Financial Technologies
Moscow
V. V. Polynnikova
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Polynnikova Valeria V. – Master’s Degree, Department of Public Administration and National Security
Moscow
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For citations:
Soldatenko I.S., Sitalova V.A., Polynnikova V.V. PRIDNESTROVIAN IDENTITY AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY. Post–Soviet Continent. 2026;49(1):66-78. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/23116412_2026_1_66
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