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The “Holy Trinity” Monastery of Saharna, situated about 110 km north of Chisinau on the right side of the Nistru, is considered one of the biggest centers of Moldovan religious pilgrimages. Here can be found the unique relicts of St. Cuvios Macarie, and on the top of the high cliff...
The two last places visited during our tour through Transnistria were villages Rashkov and Stroentsy located north of Rîbnița. In Rashkovo is Chervona Scala (Red Rock) – a limestone formation with a height of 50 meters. There is also the Polish Roman Catholic church of St. Cajetan, the...
On the way to Dubăsari, we have stopped at a massive Tank Monument on a large hill overlooking the battlefields of WW2, with an old Soviet T-34 tank that was found in the Dniester River after the war. Then we made a little break at the hydroelectric dam at the Dniester river – The...
We made a very short stop in Grigoriopol to view their Silver Lenin statue. The city is located on the left (eastern) bank of the river Dniester in central Transnistria. In 1996 and in 2002, the town was the center of a dispute regarding the attempts of local Moldavian inhabitants to use...
Village Ternovka (Tinauca) is situated on the east bank of the river Dniester, between Tighina and Tiraspol. It is notable for being home to the largest bottle-shaped building in the world, the Butylka hotel, and museum (entrance 75 PRB). The five-story structure features Grigory...
Noul Neamţ is an all-male monastery located in Chiţcani near Tiraspol. It is also known as Mănastirea Chiţcani, and it is the biggest religious complex under the control of Transnistrian authorities. The monastic complex rises grandly to the sky, there’re four churches on the territory of...