Grigoriopol

Григориополь ( Grigoriopol ) ( in Russian)

Grigoriopol (Russian Григориополь ) is a city in Transnistria and Moldova on the eastern bank of the Dniester, 45 km north-west of Tiraspol. It has almost 10,000 inhabitants and is the administrative capital of the same named Rajons. Since 2002 Grigoripol has official city status.

The town was founded in 1792 by the Armenian Bishop Howsep for Armenian emigrants. The population of the long time consistently inhabited by Armenians city continues today, however, mainly of Moldovans and Russians together. Also for German settlers, the city was once provided, after problems with the coexistence with the Armenians but these formed the Glückstaler colonies in the area east of the city.

Radio stations Mayak

Near Grigoripol at Majak a huge transmitter for short and medium wave was built in the years 1968 to 1975. The late 1980s, 20 stations were operated there. 1997 crashed due to icing a 350 m and a 250 m high mast of the plant, which served to disseminate Rundunkprogrammen in the medium-wave band, a.

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Bendery | Dnestrovsk | Dubossary | Grigoriopol | Kamenka | Rybnitsa | Slobodzeya | Tiraspol

  • Place in Transnistria
  • Black Sea German
Raion Black Sea Germans Structurae Slobozia, Moldova
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