A Visit To Moldova's Autonomous Gagauzia Region
A glider sits at an abandoned airport in Ceadir-Lunga, in Moldova's Gagauzia region.
Women treat plum trees with chalk in a field near Comrat, the main city of Gagauzia.
A man rides a donkey cart in the village of Comgaz.
A man stands near his Soviet-era motorcycle.
A woman tends a grave at a cemetery in Ceadir-Lunga.
A Russian Orthodox chapel in the cemetery in Ceadir-Lunga. The Gagauz have ethnic Turkic roots, practice Orthodox Christianity, and speak both Russian and the Gagauz language.
A woman and her cow near the city of Comrat
A statue of Lenin next to Gagauzia's government building in Comrat
People attend a service at a Russian Orthodox church in Comrat.
People leave church after a service in Comrat.
Children walk in a park in Comrat.
A worker installs a new billboard beneath the faded flags of Moldova and Gagauzia.
The city dump in Comrat
Moldovan and Gagauz flags fly at the border of the Gagauzia autonomous region.