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  What's at the Surface  SunStroke Project is a Moldovan musical group composed of Anton Ragoza: Was born January 1986 in Tiraspol, MSSR . violinist and primary musical composer for the band. Anton has a wide experience in performing in bands which play in the modern electronic genre. He has stated that Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson as musical inspirations. Sergey Stepanov: saxophonist. He was born September 1984 in Tiraspol. He loves jazz though he also likes to experiment in vocal house, pop and R&B. He met Ragoza while in the Transnistrian army, and decided to create the band SunStroke Project. identified Russian saxophonist Igor Butman as his musical inspiration. Lastly, Sergei Yalovitsky: vocalist of the band. He previously worked as a singer on cruise lines. He has won various awards for singing in Moldova and Romania. In 2010 Sunstroke project wrote a song featuring olia tira for the eurovision song contest. This song took Moldova to the ground final for...

  The Challenging Identity of Moldova  What is national identity? National identity is commonly seen as a county with common culture, understanding of the past, and aspiration for the future that binds a group of people together and fosters a sense of belonging to a nation. However it was also defined as self-awareness, understanding the loss of identity, and the desire to advance one step ahead (Vladimír Baar, Daniel Jakubek , 2017 , 68) The Upbringing of Moldova and its Influences on identity Moldova has had a hard time acquiring an identity throughout history. With lots of trial and error. Moldova in general has a weak national identity. However they are also strangely unique in some aspects but it is not quite enough for them to stand out. In 1991 Moldova officially gained independence from the soviet union. However before then they were occupied by Russia. This was commonly known as Russification. During this time it was basically an act of making Moldova more like Russi...