Tiraspol, Capital city in Transnistria, Moldova.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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