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Black Tulip, Military memorial in Bender, Moldova.

The Black Tulip memorial features a central figure of a seated soldier with a gun, surrounded by metal pylons displaying names of fallen soldiers.

The memorial, inaugurated in 1995, commemorates Soviet soldiers who perished during the Afghanistan War and subsequent conflicts in Chechnya and Dagestan.

The name Black Tulip originates from the An-12 transport aircraft that returned fallen Soviet soldiers from Afghanistan to their homeland during the war.

The memorial includes ten pylons, each standing 10 meters tall, inscribed with the names of 240 soldiers who lost their lives in military operations.

The central soldier statue weighs 4.5 tons and measures 4.7 meters in height, formed from granite and reinforced concrete materials.

Made from material: granite, reinforced concrete

GPS coordinates: 46.81066,29.48044

Latest update: March 5, 2025 19:12

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