What we ca do for you in Transdniestr
Tiraspol downtown accommodation
Transfer from Chisinau
Tiraspol guided tour
Other web resources about Transdniestr:
www.pridnestrovie.net
www.visitpmr.com
www.transnistria.md
www.transdniestria.com
www.osce.org/moldova
novaiagazeta.org.ru
Kramar's photos of Pridnestrovie
ExNN rock band or http://www.exnn.ru/
Radio PMR in English
To Europe/North America 1500-1515 UTC 7370
KHZ Shortwave
1600-1615 UTC 7370 KHZ Shortwave
1700-1715 UTC 7370 KHZ Shortwave
1800-1815 UTC 7370 KHZ Shortwave
1900-1915 UTC 7370 KHZ Shortwave
2300-2315 UTC 6240 KHZ Shortwave
0000-0015 UTC 6240 KHZ Shortwave
The transmissions
of Radio PMR in English French and German are now heard from 2315
GMT on 6240 khz. This will be heard widely in North America and Europe.
Reception is excellent here in the UK. (updated by Chris on 25/10/2009)
!!! IMPORTANT
!!!
New regulations on the Transdniestr border
No visa is required. No invitation letter is required to transit or stay in Transdniestr. Transit of Transdniestr and a 24 hours stay is free and a fee of about 2 USD is applied for a longer stay. Foreign travellers do need to register with the OVIR or militia office in the nearest majour town if staying in Transdniestr for more than 24 hours. If you are booked with Lena in Tiraspol than she will take care of your registration herself. (update May 2010)
REGISTRATION IN TIRASPOL is
done at the OVIR Office situated in the downtown on Kotovskiy street 2/A.
They work every day from 9 am till 5 pm, lunch time from 12 am till 1
pm, except Saturdays and Sundays.
For information, please, call the OVIR office at (+373 533) 7-90-83.
Local currency : Transdniestrian
Ruble TR
1 Euro = 13 TR
The
Transdniestr Moldovan Republic (Moldovan: TransNistria or Russian: Pridnestrov'e)
is situated in the South - Easter Europe at the east of Moldova along
the left side of the river Dniestr. Has proclaimed its independence from
Moldova in September 1990, but is not recognized as independent state
by most countries of the world.
It
has the surface of 4163 square kilometers (10% from the territory of ex
Moldovan Socialist Soviet Republic) and 555,5 thousands inhabitants (according
to statistics of 2004). The capital of the Transdniestr is Tiraspol city
with 183 thousands of inhabitants. Administratively republic is composed
of 5 districts:
- Camenca
- Rybnitsa
- Dubasari
- Grigoropol
- Slobodzeya
and 2 cities of republican level - Tiraspol and Bender.
Transdniestr is characterized by flat relief with rare ravines. More than 80% of soil is chernozem. 10% of the territory is forest.
It has continental climate, under normal humidity. Winters are short and mild (average temperature in January is minus 3,9 degrees centigrade). Early, with intensive warming of earth and air spring. Long, hot summer (average temperature in July is plus 21 degrees centigrade). Warm autumn.
Explored minerals: limestone, gravel, sand, loam, clay.
Transdniestr is a region with high density of population - up to 150 people on square kilometer (according to statistic of 2004). Has diverse ethnical composition: moldovans 31,9%, ukrainians 28,8%, russians 30,3%, bulgarians, jews, gagausians, germans and others 9%.
The official languages are Russian, Moldavian and Ukrainian. The dominant religion is Christianity (Russian and Ukrainian orthodoxy - more than 80% of the population).
Republic is crossed by two international trunk-railways, three gas-main pipelines, two highways of international significance. Has an airdrome in Tiraspol.
Transnistria is an artificial geographic term, created in World War II, referring to the part of the Ukraine conquered by German and Romanian troops in the summer of 1941.
In Transnistria still you can see symbols kept from the Soviet time - Lenin monument, the red-green flag of the Moldovian Socialist Soviet Republic, plaque to honored civil and military citizens of TransDniestr etc.
National currency is Transdniestr rubles. 1 USD = 8 rubles (June 2006).
Useful Information
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NO VISA required when entering from Moldova or Ukraine. You may be asked to present an invitation issued by a Transdniestr citizen/organisation at the border if planning to stay in Transdniestr for more than 10 hours. My cousin Lena, who is the citizen of Transdniestr, can issue an invitation for those who intend to travel to Transdniestr and stay with her. Lena will avail you a bed or private room or arrange a private flat in the very center of Tiraspol town or host you at her guesthouse at the countryside, All foreign citizens (including Moldovan ones) have to pay an entry fee of about 50 cents to enter Transdniestr. To those who had been ripped off at the border You can make your complain at the state customs committee that has the overall responsibility over the customs in Transdniestr and they coordinate the efforts related to customs houses and border issues in general. Address: Tiraspol, Ukrainskaya
st. 15a |
Invitation letter done by
my cousin Lena for her guest from the US Please
ring Lena at |
BUSES TO TIRASPOL AND BENDER
depart from the Central Bus station in Chisinau every 30-45 minutes. Cost
of the ticket one way is about 2 USD. The trip to Tiraspol takes 1 hour
and a half stopping at the border after 1 hour of journey.
BUSES TO GRIGOROPOL, RYBNITSA AND DUBASARI depart from the North
Bus Station of Chisinau.