Monument to Suvorov (; ) is a monument to Russian generalissimo

Alexander Suvorov Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy () was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire. Born in Moscow, he studied military history as a young boy and joined the Imperial Russian ...

located on the Suvorov Square in

Tiraspol Tiraspol (, ; also /; , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the third-largest city. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Tiraspol is a regional hub of cul ...

, capital city of the unrecognized country of

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. According to the director of the Tiraspol United Museum Alla Melnichuk, this monument is considered one of the best artistic monuments to Suvorov in the territory of the former USSR.

History

The monument was erected in 1979. Sculptors were Vladimir and Valentin Artamonov, while the architects were Y. Druzhinin and Y. Chistyakov. It is located on a small hill on Suvorov Square, the main square of the Transnistrian capital. The monument was awarded the

Yevgeny Vuchetich Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (Russian: Евгений Викторович Вучетич; –12 April 1974) was a Soviet sculptor and artist. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style, including ''The Motherland Calls'', t ...

Gold Medal. Alexander Suvorov is considered the founder of Tiraspol, since it was on his instructions that the Tiraspol fortress was laid on the left bank of the

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in 1792 as part of the organization of the Dniester line. In 2013, it was planned to restore the outer coating of the monument to Alexander Suvorov, which suffered after cleaning from dust and other pollution. A few years ago, a major overhaul of the pedestal was carried out, on which cracks were found.

Monument on symbols, banknotes and postage stamps

The Monument to Suvorov is one of the famous symbols of the city of Tiraspol and the whole of Transnistria. The monument is depicted on the first

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of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) in denominations of 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 rubles of 1993, 5000 rubles of 1995, 500.000 rubles of 1997 release. In 1997, a postage stamp of the PMR depicted the Monument to Suvorov with the literal denomination "A" and "B". In 2013, a new postage stamp of Transnistria called the "Monument to Suvorov in Tiraspol" was issued with the letter denominations "A" and "U".{{cite news, url=http://www.stspb.ru/readmore.phtml?news_id=1692&l=ru, title=Новый стандарт Приднестровья, language=ru, accessdate=2013-09-12, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231703/http://www.stspb.ru/readmore.phtml?news_id=1692&l=ru, archivedate=2013-12-30

References

Buildings and structures in Tiraspol Alexander Suvorov Monuments and memorials in Moldova Buildings and structures completed in 1979 Equestrian statues