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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |