Travels to Tiraspol - Transnistria
Reposted: October 14, 2024 | Tagged: Transnistria
Backpacking in Transnistria - Tiraspol - June 2019.
I flew from London to Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. I had a couple of great days there and then I took the bus from Chisinau to Tiraspol, the capital of the de facto state of Transnistria. In doing so, I clocked up my 90th Country and Territory visited. I am now on 117 as of October 2024. You can check my World Travel Page for a complete rundown of everywhere I have travelled.
The migration card for Transnistria which you get at the security checkpoint just before the town of Bender.
I changed some money on my way from the bus station to my hostel. In Transnistria they use Transnistrian Rubles which are useless anywhere else. So don't change too much. They make cool souvenirs though.
And after checking in and a bit of lunch, I chatted to 2 other guests. Then went walkabout.
Suvorov monument on October 25th street in Tiraspol:
Suvorov monument on October 25th street in Tiraspol:
Alexander Suvorov is one of the greatest commanders in Russian and world history. Suvorov played a great role in the history of Pridnestrovie: he released this territory from Turkish oppression and founded Tiraspol - the capital of the Republic.
Lenin monument on October 25th street in Tiraspol:
St George Chapel October 25th street in Tiraspol:
Russian T-34 tank memorial:
On my 2nd day I went on a tour.
Me and 2 other guests went to the abandoned school in a village just outside Tiraspol.
It was abandoned in 1995. There were not enough students to warrant keeping the school open. Though it gives the impression that everyone left in a hurry. Everything was left behind.
Here are a series of photos from the Abandoned School.
Me and 2 other guests went to the abandoned school in a village just outside Tiraspol.
It was abandoned in 1995. There were not enough students to warrant keeping the school open. Though it gives the impression that everyone left in a hurry. Everything was left behind.
Here are a series of photos from the Abandoned School.
Old Soviet map of Russia
Medical room:
A young Lenin as a conscript in 1913?
After the Abandoned School, we went to an Abandoned Theme park and then onto the Kurchurhan reservoir just outside of the village of Dnestrovsc.
Transnistria, is a landlocked country. So they have their own little beach here.
Looking out across the water, you can just about see Ukraine
Transnistria, is a landlocked country. So they have their own little beach here.
Looking out across the water, you can just about see Ukraine
In the evening, the hosts of the Like Home Hostel, Evghenia and Vlad prepared us dinner. We drank quite a lot of beer too.
This is a Transnistrian beer from Bender. Drinking at the Like Home Hostel in Tiraspol, and once again the rain comes down.
The streets were normally awash with water and the river was very high and of course in Summer, this means mosquitoes, take some repellent!
The streets were normally awash with water and the river was very high and of course in Summer, this means mosquitoes, take some repellent!
Then it was time to go to Bender. I took Trolleybus #19 from the main street, through the pouring rain. I Backpacked Bender, stayed the night and then travelled back to Chisinau.
