Tiraspol
County	Transnistria
Status	Municipality/Capital
Mayor	Viktor Kostyrko, since 2003
Area	85 km²
Population (2005)	159 163
Geographical coordinates	46°51′ N 29°38′ E
Web site	http://www.city-tir.idknet.com/

Tiraspol (Romanian pronunciation: /ti.'ras.pol/) is the capital and administrative centre of the self-proclaimed independent Republic of Transnistria, and the second largest city in the Republic of Moldova (as internationally recognized). The city is located at 46°51′N 29°38′E, on the eastern bank of the Dniestr River. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1029x1194, 334 KB)Tiraspol Map Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Moldova is divided into 32 Rayons, or judeţe, 3 municipalities (Chişinău, Bălţi and Bender), one semi-autonomous, non-contiguous region (Gagauzia), and the breakaway region of Transnistria, the status of which is still disputed. ... Motto: For the right to live on this land Anthem: Anthem of Transnistria Capital Tiraspol Largest city Tiraspol Official languages Moldovan, Russian and Ukrainian Government President Parliamentary Republic Igor Smirnov Recognition Independence Recognition From Moldova none September 2, 1990 none Area  â€¢ Water (%) 4,163 km²  1,607 sq mi 2. ... Viktor Ivanovich Kostyrko is the mayor of Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: For the right to live on this land Anthem: Anthem of Transnistria Capital Tiraspol Largest city Tiraspol Official languages Moldovan, Russian and Ukrainian Government President Parliamentary Republic Igor Smirnov Recognition Independence Recognition From Moldova none September 2, 1990 none Area  â€¢ Water (%) 4,163 km²  1,607 sq mi 2. ... The river Dniestr (in Polish and Russian; Nistru in Romanian; Дністер, Dnister in Ukrainian; Tyras in Latin; also known as Dniester) is a river in Eastern Europe. ...

Tiraspol is known for being one of the few remaining cities that is still largely unchanged from when it was part of the Soviet Union. Two statues of Lenin still stand. Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) (April 22 (April 10 (O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ...

The city has many different light industries. Among them are the production of furniture and electrical goods.

In 1989 the city had a population of about 190,000 people. 41% were Russians, 32% Ukrainians and 18% were Moldovans (in 1919 42% were Romanians). As result of the political and economic situation that followed the proclamation of the independent (not recognized) Republic of Transnistria, the population of the city fell below its 1989 number and the 2004 Census in Transnistria puts its current population at 159,163. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: For the right to live on this land Anthem: Anthem of Transnistria Capital Tiraspol Largest city Tiraspol Official languages Moldovan, Russian and Ukrainian Government President Parliamentary Republic Igor Smirnov Recognition Independence Recognition From Moldova none September 2, 1990 none Area  â€¢ Water (%) 4,163 km²  1,607 sq mi 2. ... Ethnicity map, made by the Transnistrian officals, according to the 2004 census The 2004 Census in Transnistria was organized by Transnistria at roughly the same time that Moldova held its own census which Transnistria refused to participate in out of principle and deference to its September 2, 1990 Declaration of...

Timeline

• Tyras, a colony of Miletus, probably founded about 600 BC, situated some 10 m. from the mouth of the Tyras River (Dniester). Of no great importance in early times, in the 2nd century BC it fell under the dominion of native kings whose names appear on its coins, and it was destroyed by the Getae about 50 BC. In AD 56 it seems to have been restored by the Romans and henceforth formed part of the province of Lower Moesia. There exists a series of its coins with heads of emperors from Domitian to Alexander Severus. Soon after the time of the latter it was destroyed by the Goths. Its government was in the hands of five archons, a senate, a popular assembly and a registrar. The types of its coins suggest a trade in wheat, wine and fish. The few inscriptions are also mostly concerned with trade. Its remains are scanty, as its site has been covered by the great medieval fortress of Monocastro or Akkerman.

See E. H. Minns, Scythians and Greeks (Cambridge, 1909); V. V. Latyshev, Inscriptiones Orae Septentrionalis Ponti Euxini, vol. I. Tyras, a colony of Miletus, probably founded about 600 BC, situated some 10 m. ...

• Middle Ages: The area around Tiraspol was a buffer zone between the Tatars and the Moldavians, inhabited by both ethnicities.

• 1792: After the Russian Empire conquered its way to the Nistru river from Turks, the Russian army built a fortification on at old Tatarian town called Hagi-bei to guard the western border. The name was given after the Latin name of the Dniester river ("Tyras") on which it was built.

• 1812: By this year, Russia had already conquered the eastern half of Moldova (Bassarabia) and was colonizing Russian and ethnic Ukrainians in and around Tiraspol.

• June 15, 1828: The Customs house in Tiraspol was established. The purpose of its creation became suppression of smuggling. This Customs house submitted to the chief of Odessa customs region. It began operations with 14 employees. They inspected shipments of bread, paper, oil, wine, sugar, fruits and other goods.

• 1847: Jewish population in Tiraspol amounted to 1,406.

• 1897: Jewish population rose to 8,668 (27% of the total population).

• 1910: Tiraspol had two Jewish private schools, one for boys and one for girls.

• After World War I: Romania gained Bessarabia

• 1924: Stalin created a Moldavian ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) in Ukraine, with Balta as its Capital. The republic had Romanian as its official language and officialized the Latin script.

• 1926: There were 6,398 Jews (29.1%) in the town.

• 1929: Tiraspol became the capital of the Moldavian ASSR (until 1940).

• 1940: Following the secret provisions of the Hitler-Stalin Pact, the USSR invades north-eastern Romania and Tiraspol, until then part of Ukrainian SSR, is integrated in the newly-formed Moldavian SSR.

• 1941: The city fell to German invasion. During the Nazi occupation Tiraspol was under Romanian administration. During that period almost all its Jewish population perished. This same year, the newspaper “Dnestrovskaya pravda” was founded by the Tiraspol City Council of popular deputies. This is the oldest periodical publication in the region.

• 1944: The city was retaken by Russia. As a result of the Russian occupation of Romania during World War II, Bassarabia was added to the Moldavian ASSR, which was renamed the Moldavian SSR. A policy of Romanian denationalization began, including deportation to Siberia of ethnic Romanians living in the city and increased immigration from Russia.

• The Soviet Union kept industry in Moldova to a minimum. Tiraspol is perhaps the only exception, being the most developed industrial city in Moldova.

• 1959 The only synagogue was closed by the authorities. The Jewish population was estimated at about 1,500.

• 1989: Because of the perestroika reforms in the late 1980s, the city's Russian workers have repeatedly conflicted with Moldova's Romanian-speaking majority.

• January 27, 1990: A referendum declared that Tiraspol was an independent territory. The nearby city of Bendery also declared its independence. As the Russian-speaking independence movement gained steam, the local governments banded together to resist pressure from the Moldovian government.

Transnistria government building in Tiraspol

• September 2, 1990: Tiraspol became the capital of the new Transnistrian Republic. After the independence of Moldova, the territory east of the Dniestr river declared independence as Transnistria, with Tiraspol as its capital. However, this is not internationally recognized.

• May 6, 2004: A Molotov Cocktail was thrown at the Tiraspol's Synagogue, according to a report by AEN. The attacker also poured flammable liquid on the front door of the synagogue, right near a gas pipe. Thanks to the quick reaction of witnesses the fire was extinguished before it set off the gas. According to Boris Asarov, chairman of the Transdniester NGO "Pro Europa", the attack was masterminded by the extremist Russian nationalist organization Vityaz, headed by former MGB special forces officer Ruslan Pogorletsky. Vityaz uses a swastika-like symbol similar to the one used by the Russian neo-nazi group Russian National Unity.

• July 1, 2005: The Lyceum "Lucian Blaga", a high school with Romanian as language of instruction, was registered as Transdniestrian non-governmental establishment. The registration of six Romanian language schools was subject of negotiations since 2000. The tension increased in the summer of 2004, when the Transnistrian authorities forcibly closed the schools that used the Romanian language in the Latin script. Some economical measures and counter-measures were taken on both shores of Nistru.

• July 6, 2006: An explosion, believed to be caused by a bomb, killed at least eight people in a minibus. (BBC)

• September 17, 2006: 97.1% of Transnistria votes for independence in a national referendum, rejecting a measure to join Moldova in a common state.[1]

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Subdivisions of Moldova

Raions: Anenii Noi | Basarabeasca | Briceni | Cahul | Cantemir | Călăraşi | Căuşeni | Cimişlia | Criuleni | Donduşeni | Drochia | Dubăsari | Edineţ | Faleşti | Floreşti | Glodeni | Hînceşti | Ialoveni | Leova | Nisporeni | Ocniţa | Orhei | Rezina | Rîşcani | Sîngerei | Soroca | Străşeni | Şoldăneşti | Ştefan Vodă | Taraclia | Teleneşti | Ungheni Municipalities: Chişinău | Bălţi | Bender | Comrat | Tiraspol Autonomous regions: Găgăuzia | Stînga Nistrului (disputed)