Description: UP FOR SALE IS ONE VINTAGE CITY OF TIRASPOL LAPEL PIN... THE SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC WAS CREATED IN UKRAINE TIRASPOL IS THE CAPITAL OF TRANSNISTRIA, A BREAKAWAY STATE OF MOLDOVA, LOCATED ON THE EAST BANK OF THE DNIESTER RIVER... THE CITY WAS FOUNDED BY GENERALISSIMO ALEXANDER SUVOROV... IN 1792 THE RUSSIAN ARMY BUILT A FORTIFICATION ON THE WESTERN BORDER NEAR A MOLDOVAN VILLAGE NAMED SUCLEIA... IN 1828 THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED A CUSTOMS HOUSE IN TIRASPOL TO TRY TO SUPRESS SMUGGLING... IT BEGAN OPERATIONS WITH 14 EMPLOYEES... AFTER THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, THE MOLDOVAN AUTONOMOUS SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC WAS CREATED IN UKRAINE IN 1924, WITH BALTA BEING THE CAPITAL... THE CAOITAL WAS MOVED TO TIRASPOL IN 1929 AND REMAINED THE CAPITAL UNTIL 1940... ON AUGUST 7, 1941 FOLLOWING THE AXIS INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION...THE CITY WAS TAKEN OVER BY ROMANIAN TROOPS... LATER THAT MONTH, ON AUGUST 19TH THE TIROSPOL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED THE TRANSNISTRIA GOVERNORATE WAS SIGNED... TIRASPOL WAS UNDER ROMANIAN OCCUPATION... DURING THAT PERIOD, ALMOST ALL OF IT'S JEWISH POPULATION WERE MURDERED OR SENT TO NAZI DEATH CAMPS... ON APRIL 12, 1944 THE CITY WAS RETAKEN BY THE RED ARMY AND BECAME A PART OF MOLDOVAN SSR ONCE MORE... ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1990, TIRASPOL WAS PROCLAIMED THE CAPITAL OF THE NEW PRINESTROVIAN MOLDOVAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC... BEAUTIFULLY APPOINTED PIN IS COLORED IN COPPER, GREEN AND GOLD... PIN MEASURES 1 1/4" TALL...5/8" WIDE...VERY RARE... A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY FOR YOUR COLLECTION...
Price: 7.99 USD
Location: Chandler, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-02T17:06:03.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Politician: CCCP
Type: Pin
Party: CCCP
Signed: No
Country: MOLDOVA
Material: METAL
Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
Modified Item: No
