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HAPPY TRAVELER in Transnistria

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Saturday 14 January and every Saturday at 17.45 – On SKAI

On Saturday, January 14, Happy Traveler travels to a special destination, Transnistria. It is a semi-autonomous entity – not officially recognized state – within the territory of Moldova, between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border.

It is an area of ​​Europe that when you visit it as a traveler, you feel like you are traveling in time and going back to the time of the Soviet Union.

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Eutychis explores the capital Tiraspol with its impressive fountain and historical monuments. It passes through the town of Bender which was a battlefield in the 1992 war of independence and admires the famous Tighina castle which was a bone of contention in the Russo-Turkish wars. He learns about the history of Transnistria and why it has two names.

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He comes across over ten statues of Lenin and a very impressive statue of Prometheus while eating in a “Soviet canteen” – a special restaurant – tasty but very cheap food. Finally, he crosses the Dniester River on a floating Soviet bridge that moves with the power of the river flow and understands why Transnistria is a classic destination for travel vloggers from all over the world.

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