Tiraspol, Capital city in Transnistria, Moldova.
Description
The settlement sits along the eastern side of the Dniester and stretches through wide avenues lined with mid-century apartment blocks. Parks with broad walkways and open squares separate the buildings in the central areas.
History
General Alexander Suvorov founded the settlement in 1792 as a military fort after Russian expansion southward. In the early 1990s, the city became the administrative center of a contested region.
Culture
The name comes from the Greek word for the Tyras River and marks a settlement by the water. Locals today use their own currency in daily life and move through streets lined with Cyrillic signs.
Practical
Visitors should carry either Moldovan lei or Russian rubles, as local ATMs dispense only Transnistrian rubles. A checkpoint with border formalities separates the area from the rest of Moldova.
Did you know?
Street lamps and public buildings display the hammer and sickle as official symbols. Statues of Lenin stand in front of government offices and mark central intersections.
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Equestrian statue of Alexander Suvorov
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State Drama Theatre Nadejda Aronetskaya
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Tiraspol Fortress
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Church of the Nativity, Tiraspol
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Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena
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Memorial of Glory
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House of Soviets in Tiraspol
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Victory Park, Tiraspol
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Local History Museum
2.6 km
Old Believers church in Tiraspol
1.9 km
Dinamo-Auto Stadium
7.5 km
Memorial of Remembrance and Sorrow in Bender
11.3 km
Nikolay Zelinsky Museum
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Kotovsky Museum in Tiraspol
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Monument to Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
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Colcot valley
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Railway bridge in Bender
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Monument to 37th Army, Tiraspol
3.4 km
Biserica „Sf. Dumitru”
3.6 km
Statue of Pushkin in Tiraspol
1.7 km
Eternal flame at the Memorial of Glory, Tiraspol
2.5 km
Bust of Yuri Gagarin, Tiraspol
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Bust of Nikolay Zelinsky, Tiraspol
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Dendrological Garden in Tiraspol
2.4 km
Port Karagash
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Casă de locuit
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