Tiraspol
Tiraspol is a big political, economic and cultural center of Transnistrien. The history of Tiraspol springs since 1792, it was founded near the boundary fortress at personal participation of the great Russian commander A.V. Suvorov, the city always was an outpost in the south of Russia. The name of the city consists of two words: «Tiras» - so ancient Greeks named the river Dnestr, and “polis” - city. Since Ekaterina’s II times the city executed administrative functions, being the center of the most extensive district Tiraspol which was a part of the Novorossiysk province, then Nikolaev and, at last, of the Kherson province, in 1920-1940 the city was capital of the MASSR in structure of Ukraine. Tiraspol by right is considered as a large industrial city which basis was founded in XIX century when there were the first industrial enterprises appeared. Today the city is a powerful industrial centre and the centre of science with the developed social infrastructure including... [Read More...]
