Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bender, Moldova
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2 km
16 m
Explore Bender in Moldova with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in BenderSight 1: Памятник Славным борцам за власть Советов
The monument "To the Valiant Fighters for the Power of the Soviets" was erected in the Transnistrian city of Bender in 1969 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Bendery armed uprising against the Romanian occupation.
Wikipedia: Памятник «Доблестным борцам за власть Советов» (RU)
Sight 2: Памятник жертвам Холокоста
See: Deportation and Holocaust (Bender).
Sight 3: Памятник Павлу Ткаченко
The monument to Pavel Tkachenko was unveiled on April 9, 1961 in the Transnistrian city of Bendery in honor of the 60th anniversary of the birth of Pavel Dmitrievich Tkachenko, a prominent figure in the underground communist movement of Bessarabia and Romania, an active participant in the Bendery armed uprising.
Sight 4: Преображенский Собор
The Transfiguration Cathedral in Bendery (Transnistria) is an Orthodox church of the Tiraspol and Dubossary diocese of the Orthodox Church of Moldova. An architectural monument of the early XIX century; Address: Osvobozhdeniye Square.
Wikipedia: Преображенский кафедральный собор (Бендеры) (RU), Website
Sight 5: Бендерская еврейская синагога и община Хабад-Любавич
The Jewish community of the city of Bendery was first mentioned in 1769, when the city was limited to the Bendery fortress. The community grew until the beginning of the 20th century. In 1941, many Jews were deported by the Soviet authorities, and during World War II, most of the city's Jews were exterminated by the Nazis. In 1949, during Operation South, many of the returned Jews were deported by the Soviet authorities. In the late 1980s and early 2000s, most Jews left Bendery and immigrated to Israel or moved to other countries.
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