ROLUL POLITIC AL CORONIMELOR „PRIDNESTROVIE" / ”TRANSNISTRIA"
THE POLITICAL ROLE OF THE CHORONYMS "PRIDNESTROVIE" / "TRANSNISTRIA"

Summary/Abstract: In the self-proclaimed Pridnestroviаn Moldavian Republic takes place the thorough regulation of the name of the republic in different languages: in Russian – "Приднестровская Молдавская Республика"(short form «Приднестровье»), in Moldovan (with Cyrillic spelling) – "Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ" (short form "Нистрения"), in Ukrainian - "Придністровська Молдавська Республіка" (short form "Придністров'є"), in English "Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica", "Pridnestrovie", "Pridnestroviаn Moldavian Republic", they are also allowed choronyms "Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic", "Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic", "Transdniestria". However, in parallel with officially established choronyms, other choronyms areused. It is primarily about the choronym "Transnistria".Thebenumerated choronyms not only express the translation / transliteration of the official name of the region, but represent an important part of the political symbolism of the self-proclaimed republic. Through the choronyms used, subjectivity is asserted in the formation of state identity and positioning in international relations. This topic is approached from the point of view of critical toponymy. The study showed that the conflict between Moldova and Pridnestrovie is also taking place in the toponymy area. The "toponymic struggle" fortheuse of certain choronyms pursues political objectives, as they reflect the interests of the parties to the conflict. In the Pridnestrovie weins is to the use of official choronyms, which affirm the self-proclamation of Pridnestrovie. In the Republic of Moldova, naming Pridnestrovie with choronym "Transnistria", the perception of the region as a continuity of the Transnistrian Government by the Kingdom of Romania (1941-1944) was expressed. But more of ten in the Republic of Moldova are used toponyms that require the perception of Pridnestrovie as a territory part of the Republic of Moldova.

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