Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bender (, Moldovan Cyrillic: Бендер) or Bendery (Russian: Бендеры, [bʲɪnˈdɛrɨ]; Ukrainian: Бендери), also known as Tighina (Moldovan Cyrillic: Тигина), is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under de facto control of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria) (PMR) since 1992.
The siege of the Tighina Fortress, which was a powerful stronghold of the Ottoman Empire, commenced on 15 July 1770 and lasted two months.The Bender garrison, numbering over 12,000 people (according to other sources, [which?] up to 30,000 people), including select Janissaries, confronted a nearly 33,000-strong Russian army (18,567 infantry, 10,673 cavalry, 3,574 artillery and engineering troops).
Moldova's postal codes are alphanumeric, consisting of the letters MD followed by a dash followed by four digits, e.g. Chișinău MD-2001. The first digit refers to a designated postal zone, the rest designate smaller administrative units or districts and streets within the municipal area.
This page was last edited on 10 September 2024, at 13:45 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
South side of the Tighina Fortress (2021) The Tighina Fortress (Romanian: Cetatea Tighina; renamed by the Turks as Bender) is a 15th-century fortress on the right bank of the Dniester River in Bender (also known as Tighina), Moldova, built from earth and wood during the reign of Prince Stephen the Great.
Varnița is a village in the Anenii Noi District, in south-eastern Moldova, [2] located near Bender (Tighina). It is also considered a suburb of Bender.. After the 1992 War of Transnistria, Varnița remained controlled by the government of the Republic of Moldova, while the city of Bender is controlled by the authorities of Transnistria.
The road south-west from the city of Tighina (Bender) follows into the Moldovan-controlled area immediately as the village of Gîsca ends, and the next village of Fîrlădeni starts. The Gîsca school bombing [ be ; fr ; ru ; simple ] took place in the village on 4 April 1950, killing 23 people and the perpetrator.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more