 The Moldovan train from Odessa to Chisinau stoops in Tiraspol, Transnistria |
 The Ukraine/Moldova border |
 Administrative Complex OOO "Sheriff", 25 October Street |
 Modern office building on 25 October Street, Tiraspol |
 House of the Soviet, Tiraspol |
 Hotel Rossiya, Tiraspol |
 Key card of the Hotel Rossiya in Tiraspol specifying Moldova |
 Local Transnistria beers served at the Hotel Rossiya, Tiraspol |
 Hotel Rossiya, the best in Tiraspol |
 Sverdlov Street, Tiraspol |
 Travel agency in Tiraspol |
 Dom Sovietov - дом советов, Tiraspol |
 House of Soviets with one of 2 major Lenin sculptures |
 House of Soviets, Tiraspol |
 V.I. Lenin, House of Soviet, Tiraspol |
 V.I. Lenin, дом советов, Tiraspol |
 Ethnic-Russian majority Transnistria broke away in 1990 when Moldova declared independence from the USSR |
 The unrecognized Republic of Transnistria retained all the trappings of the old Soviet Union, so today it's like a time capsule |
 Postcard of the House of Soviets, Tiraspol |
 Coat-of-Arms of Tiraspol, founded 1792 |
 Important people of Tiraspol |
 Heroes of the Soviet Union |
 Laureates of the City Competition 2018 |
 Administrative Complex OOO "Sheriff", 25 October Street |
 7 Fridays, 25 October Street, a very nice looking restaurant in Tiraspol |
 Soviet-era low-rise architecture on a shady side street, Tiraspol |
 Tiraspol Post Office, Transnistria |
 Map of Transnistria on the Post Office |
 Tiraspol Post Office, Transnistria |
 International mail uses Moldovan postage stamps |
 Tiraspol - Тирасполь |
 Pridnestrovski Sberbank, Tiraspol |
 Soviet-era apartment blocks, 25 October Street, Tiraspol |
 Soviet-era apartment blocks, 25 October Street, Tiraspol |
 Tiraspol, Transnistria |
 Tiraspol, Transnistria |
 iClub, Tiraspol |
 Transnistria retained the flag of the Moldovan SSR |
 Transnistria retained the flag of the Moldovan SSR |
 Exchange rates for Transnistrian rubles |
 House of Books, Tiraspol |
 Soviet and PMR souvenirs, House of Books |
 Pridnestrovian Gazette |
 Transnistria's mint issues commerative coins |
 Transnistria Jul19 170.jpg |
 Transnistria Jul19 173.jpg |
 25 October Street, Tiraspol |
 25 October Street, Tiraspol |
 Tiraet Computer Center, Tiraspol |
 Republic Palace, Tiraspol |
 Kotovskogo Street, Tiraspol |
 A change from the Soviet days |
 Pridnestrovian Republican Bank, Tiraspol |
 Pridnestrovian Republican Bank, Tiraspol |
 Pridnestrovian Republican Bank, Tiraspol |
 Pridnestrovian Republican Bank, Tiraspol |
 Pridnestrovian Republican Bank, Tiraspol |
 Pridnestrovian Republican Bank, Tiraspol |
 Mafia Italian Restaurant and Karaoke Club, Tiraspol |
 Construction project in Tiraspol |
 улица 25 Октября |
 Representative offices of 2 of the 3 countries that recognized the independence of Transnistria |
 Flags of the Republic of Abkhazia and South Ossetia |
 Representative office of the Republic of South Ossetia |
 Representative office of the Republic of Abkhazia |
 25 October Street, Tiraspol |
 Shevchenko Street, Tiraspol |
 Diocese of Tiraspol |
 Church of the Nativity, Tiraspol |
 Transnistria license plate |
 Transnistria license plate |
 Karl Marx Street, Tiraspol |
 Green Market, Tiraspol |
 Green Market, Tiraspol |
 Green Market, Tiraspol |
 Green Market, Tiraspol |
 Flags of the Breakaway Republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) |
 Breakaway republic flags, Yekaterinskiy Park, Tiraspol |
 Suvorov Monument, Yekaterinskiy Park, Tiraspol |
 Alexander Suvorov (1730-1800), Russian commander of the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792 |
 Russian victory in 1792 ceded this region from Ottoman Turkey to Imperial Russia |
 Suvorov Monument, Yekaterinskiy Park, Tiraspol |
 Palace of Children and Youth Creativity, Tiraspol |
 Palace of Children and Youth Creativity, Tiraspol |
 Soviet-style coat-of-arms of the PMR (Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic) |
 Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (PMR) is the official name of Transnistria |
 29 years of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, 1990-2019 |
 29 years of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, 1990-2019 |
 29 years of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, 1990-2019 |
 Me in Transnistria |
 Humanitarian-Mathimatical Gymnasium of Tiraspol |
 Soviet-era plaque on the corner of the Tiraspol Gymnasium |
 Supreme Soviet of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, Tiraspol |
 Lenin Monument, Tiraspol |
 Lenin Monument, Tiraspol |
 Lenin Monument, Tiraspol |
 Lenin Monument, Tiraspol |
 Lenin Monument, Tiraspol |
 Lenin Monument, Tiraspol |
 Lenin in front of the PMR Supreme Soviet |
 Supreme Soviet of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, Tiraspol |
 Red Stars, Tiraspol |
 Transnistria Jul19 119.jpg |
 Dnister River, Tiraspol |
 Tour boat on the Dnister River, Tiraspol |
 Dnister River, Tiraspol |
 Cat in the riverside De Wollant Park, Tiraspol |
 Tour boat on the Dnister River, Tiraspol |
 St. George Chapel, Tiraspol |
 St. George Chapel, Tiraspol |
 St. George Chapel, War Memorial Garden, Tiraspol |
 Mosaics on the St George Chapel, Tiraspol |
 Soviet T-34 Tank Monument, Tiraspol |
 Soviet T-34 Tank Monument, Tiraspol |
 For the Motherland - за родину |
 Soviet T-34 and the St George Chapel, Tiraspol |
 Eternal Flame, Transnistria Memorial of Glory |
 Your Name is Unknown, Your Feat Immortal |
 Heroes of the 1992 war with Moldova |
 Heroes of the 1992 war with Moldova |
 Heroes of the 1992 war with Moldova |
 Memorial of Glory, Transnistrian War, 1990-1992 |
 The former Soviet 14th Guards unit entered the conflict on the side of Transistria |
 The Transnistrian War peaked in 1992 and ended with a cease fire on 21 July 1992 |
 Afghanistan War Memorial (1979-1989), Tiraspol |
 Afghanistan War Memorial (1979-1989), Tiraspol |
 Memorial of Glory, Tiraspol |
 Memorial of Glory, Tiraspol |
 Afghanistan War Memorial (1979-1989), Tiraspol |
 Chernobyl Memorial, Tiraspol |
 Chernobyl Memorial, Tiraspol |
 Chernobyl Memorial, Tiraspol |
 Transnistria Jul19 163.jpg |
 Across the Dnister River from Tiraspol is also PMR territory |
 Shevchenko Street, Tiraspol |
 Constitutional Court of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic |
 Lenin - the leader of the world proletariat the founder of the Communist Party and the Soviet State |
 Cats of Tiraspol |
 Tirsaspol cat |
 Kvint of Transnistria |
 Kvint of Transnistria |
 Kosher wine, Transnistria |
 Tourism Office, Tiraspol |
 Republican Party of Transnistria |
 Presentation of the Child Jesus Church, Kirov Park |
 Presentation of the Child Jesus Church, Kirov Park |
 Kirov Park, Tiraspol |
 Factory "May 1", Tiraspol |
 Tiraspol |
 Registration Chamber, Tiraspol |
 Road sign - Kisninev and Odessa |
 Victory Park, Tiraspol |
 Victory Park, Tiraspol |
 Grigoriy Ivanovich Kotovskiy (1881-1925), Hero of the Civil War |
 Victory Park, Tiraspol |
 Victory Park, Tiraspol |
 Drama and Comedy Theatre, Tiraspol |
 House of the Soviets, Tiraspol |
 Leaving Tiraspol, still with a USSR sign |
 Transnistria immigration card - no passport stamp |