Grigoropol
See also:
www.pridnestrovie.net
www.visitpmr.com
www.transnistria.md
www.transdniestria.com
www.osce.org/moldova
novaiagazeta.org.ru
Kramar's photos of Pridnestrovie
Radio PMR,Tiraspol is transmitted on shortwave to listener in Europe and North America. They broadcast at 4. pm GMT on the frequency of 5910 khz shortwave 49 meter band.
ExNN rock band or http://www.exnn.ru/
TransDniestr
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. My cousin Lena, who is the citizen of Transdniestr, can issue an invitation for those who intend to travel to Transdniestr. Lena may also avail budget accommodation in the center of Tiraspol and in her guesthouse at the countryside, All foreign citizens (including Moldovan ones) have to be registered at the territory of the Transdniestr. Those who go in Transdniestr for a short period of time (one day + one night) may get their registration directly at the border. Cost of a registration is 50 cents. You should get off at the last checkpoint on the border and go to the Migration office for a little paper which is checked on reentering Moldova. Otherwise some travelers have had to pay $5-50 in fines on leaving TransDniestr again. For staying in Transdniestr longer than you have to be registered with the police in Tiraspol or Bender or other towns of 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
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"I would recommend traveling from West to East through Moldova then T-D then Ukraine as opposed to the other direction. I know of one person who had to bribe their way into T-D from Ukraine - after much questioning! When I left T-D into Ukraine by train to Odesa, there weren't even any border check from the Trans-Dniestrians - only the Ukrainian lots came round. (Make sure you have your visa sorted first though!) The Ukrainian border guard was very helpful - she even talked me though the arrival card in English!" by Kevin Gold, December 2004
Invitation letter done by
my cousin Lena for her guest from the US Please
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REGISTRATION IN TIRASPOL for
foreign citizens who plan to stay in the country for more than one day
must be done within 24 hours from the crossing of the border at the Migration
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.
You may make your registration at the
Police office of the city at Roza Luxemburg, 66 street if came in days
or hours-off of the Migration office, but it is requested that you reconfirm
your registration at the Migration Office next day.
For information, please, call the Migration office (+373 533) 7-90-83.
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.
There is a separate currency but you can change (even tiny quantities of) Moldovan money for it at a booth at the bus/train stations.