Map 0720-0729 Basarabeasca, where the border runs tight along the village and the railway yards.
	The wall around the rail workplace In 1991 when Moldova and Ukraine got independent from the USSR some major border corrections took place here. The whole railway area with all kind of facilities which were partly in both former States got part of Moldova. The border runs here now just along the wall around the rail workplace. During hiking there it was hard not to step on Ukrainian territory due to the narrow space between wall and border. On the second picture I drew a line to BM 0721 which you can see just at the end of the wall. Left of the line is Ukraine.
	Orto photo On this orto photo the situation from above is shown. It's a bit strange that the border makes a 90 degrees at BM 0721-1. Usually you find a main border marker at such angles.
	Border marker 0721 Situated close to the railway line. The border doesn't make an angle here but it indicates where the railroad crosses the border. Same situation as BM 0714.
	Border marker 0722 Open space on Ukrainian side, on Moldovan side there is some open space between the railway yard and the border.
	Detailed map The first picture is the current map (2023) where you clearly see the border along Basarabeasca. The black line is the old USSR border. The map on the mouse-over picture is the 1982 map, when Moldova and Ukraine were part of the Sovjet Union. In black you see the old borders and in red you see the corrections made in 1991 when Moldova and Ukraine got independent from the USSR. The red digits on the old map do not represent a border marker, only an angle in the border. Notice that the old USSR border ran from angle 662 straight to 669 and from there over the road furter south/south-west. So it was deviding Basarabeasca in two countries. This was avoided by the corrections. When you compare the red borderline on the 1991-map to the current borders on OpenStreetMap, they are more or less the same. On the current OSM-map, the stretch between 0722 and 0724 is a straight line. On the 1991 map, there is a slight angle (669). I checked the situation with the border markers on the orto photo and it looks OSM is right. The spot of angle 669 is however where now BM 0723 is situated. It indicates where the new border touched the old border. The old border ran into the village, the new border follows the edge of the village.
	Border marker 0723 So not an angle here but the touching point where the old border made an angle.
	Border marker 0724 Really on the edge of the village. Between BM 0720 and 723 there is a narrow inspection path along the border. I used this during my hike. This path however ends when the border comes too close to the gardens of the houses as they directly touch the border. Here at BM 0724 it start again and then it ends at the backside of the offices of the border crossing station. To avoid confusion, surprises and an over-reaction I didn't go there but took the public road to the border crossing.
	Border crossing Basarabeasca To visit BM 0725 I had to pass this border station as the border marker is situated along the road between the two border stations. The border guards there were not impressed by my permits and they let me wait for one hour. They made some phone calls to discuss my request. The end of the story was that the boss of the region didn't allow me to make a picture. It seemed I only had permits for the region East and not for South. It was already late, I was tired and hungry and I had to hike another 5 kilometers back to the car, so I took my loss. In the end, it was a good decision. During my hike to the car it started to rain heavily and I had to find shelter for half an hour in the village. It was already starting to get dark as well. Enough reason to come back here for a second visit.
	Border marker 0725 (I) This second visit took place in April 2024. Now I had the right permits and the Politia de Frontiera sent a friendly Border Guard to guide us to the next border markers. This pair is situated along the road between the Moldovan and the Ukrainian border stations. You can olnly reach it by passing the Moldovan customs. So it's more or less in no ones land: you left Moldova but didn't enter Ukraine formaly. As this is a local borde crossing, it not possible for non-locals to cross the border here. That make that the only way to come here is by guidance. The border crosses the road and then runs right of the road, it means we were on Ukrainian ground for about 500 meters.
	Border marker 0725 (II) In detail, photo taken exceptionally from th Ukrainian side.
	Border marker 0726 About 500 meters from the previous markers there is the next one, very close to the Ukrainian border station. Our Border Guard was a bit in a hurry here, which I can understand. Just before the small grey office the border turns to the right. There we could quickly switch again to Moldovan ground.
	Border marker 0726-01 Less than 6 meters from marker 0726 there is already intermediate marker 0726-01. From here it goes in a straight line to the railway line.
	Border marker 0726-02 Great picture made by Eugene Nikitin. We didn't go to this corner but I found this very nice picture on Google. It is taken from the cabin of a locomotive running from Basarabeasca over the border. The line was closed many years ago but last year it was opened again as alternative for other distroyed connections. As there are some spectators I guess this was one of the first trains running here. On the left intermadiate border marker 0726-02.
	Border marker 0727 Between the re-opened railway line and another closed railway line.
	Border marker 0728 We leave the railway yards and go south again. We were still guided by the Moldovan Border Guard.
	Border marker 0728-01 Taken from the dike which runs parallel to the border. A fence, wall and ditch has to prevent illegal crossing.
	Border marker 0729 Again close to the former railway line.
	Border marker 0730 We left the urban area of Basarabeasca and follow for 5 kilometers the road to Ceadir-Lunga which runs exactly along the border. In fact this is a tripoint Moldova - Gagauzia - Ukraine. Here the border makes an angle to the south-east and leaves the road. Next page >>

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