abstract: An important and urgent issue in the context of ensuring European and international security is the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict.Despite the considerable number of works on the Transnistrian issue, they are mainly devoted to the history and features of the conflict development.At the same time, problem of the present state of the territory and future forecasts are not explored properly.Therefore, the article aims to determine the historical background and stages of the conflict, to c
journal: Acta de Historia & Politica Saeculum XXI