Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Tiraspol, Moldova
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3.3 km
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Experience Tiraspol in Moldova in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in TiraspolSight 1: Музей штаба кавалерийской бригады Г.И. Котовского
The Military History Museum of the Headquarters of the Cavalry Brigade of G. I. Kotovsky is the only military history museum of its kind associated with the activities of the legendary Red Commander in Moldova and Ukraine during the Civil War. It is located in Tiraspol in the building of the former city hotel "Paris". It is one of the most significant historical sights of Tiraspol. Structurally, it is part of the Tiraspol United Museum, which also includes the Museum of History and Local Lore, the Museum of the History of the Suvorov Fortress, the house-museum of the inventor of the gas mask, Academician N. D. Zelinsky, and an art gallery. Currently, due to the threat of the collapse of the building, the exposition has been returned to the central building of the Tiraspol United Museum.
Wikipedia: Музей штаба кавалерийской бригады Г. И. Котовского (RU)
Sight 2: Old Believers Pokrovskaya Church
The Pokrovskaya Church is the temple of the Chisinau and all Moldova of the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church in the city of Tiraspol at 29 Lunacharsky Street. The only church in Tiraspol, which was not closed in the Soviet years.
Wikipedia: Покровская церковь (Тирасполь, старообрядческая) (RU)
Sight 3: Church of the Nativity
The Church of the Nativity, also known as the Cathedral of the Birth of Christ, is the largest and newest church in Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. It is a Russian Orthodox Church completed in 1999 to serve as the Mother Church of the Orthodox Christian Diocese of Tiraspol.
Sight 4: Suvorov Monument
Monument to Suvorov is a monument to Russian generalissimo Alexander Suvorov located on the Suvorov Square in Tiraspol, capital city of the unrecognized country of Transnistria. According to the director of the Tiraspol United Museum Alla Melnichuk, this monument is considered one of the best artistic monuments to Suvorov in the territory of the former USSR.
Sight 5: Memorial of Glory
Memorial of Glory is a city memorial located on Suvorov Square of Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. It commemorates the Veterans and the dead of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet-Afghan War, and the Transnistria War.
Sight 6: Local History Museum
The Tiraspol United Museum is a municipal cultural institution in the city of Tiraspol, the capital of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. It arose by merging into one structural institution the Tiraspol museums that had existed since the Soviet era, which make up the sights of the city: the Museum of History and Local Lore, the House-Museum of Academician N. D. Zelinsky, the Museum of the Headquarters of the Cavalry Brigade of G. I. Kotovsky, the Art Gallery and the Museum of the History of the Tiraspol Fortress. The director of the Tiraspol United Museum is A. A. Melnichuk.
Sight 7: Nikolay Zelinsky Museum
The Memorial House-Museum of N. D. Zelinsky is a municipal cultural institution in the city of Tiraspol, the capital of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. It is part of the Tiraspol United Museum.
Sight 8: Тираспольская крепость
The Tiraspol Fortress, or the Middle Fortress, is a fortress erected in 1792-1793 under the leadership of the commander A. V. Suvorov and the architect F. P. de Volan as a defensive structure on the left bank of the Dniester River. At the walls of the Sredinnaya fortress, the city of Tiraspol arose, built by decree of Catherine II.
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