Union of Bulgarians in Pridnestrovie
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The Union of Bulgarians in Pridnestrovie, also calling itself the Historical and Human Rights Center of Bulgaria, is a non-governmental organization based in Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

 (official shortform name: Pridnestrovie) whose leader is Alene Nikolayev
Alene Nikolayev
Alene Nikolayev is an ethnic Bulgarian civic society leader born in Transnistria. She heads the Tiraspol-based Union of Bulgarians in Pridnestrovie, also known as the Historical and Human Rights Center of Bulgaria in Transnistria....

, an ethnic Bulgarian born in Transnistria. The union is composed of ethnic Bulgarians
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...

. Of the 35 nationalities represented in Transnistria, ethnic Bulgarians represent less than 2 percent
2004 Census in Transnistria
The 2004 Census in Transnistria was organized in Transnistria at roughly the same time that Moldova held its own census, which Transnistria refused to participate in out of principle and deference to its September 2, 1990 Declaration of Independence....

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