The Fortress Tighina situated on the bank of the river Nistru was one of the strongest fortress of Moldova from the XVth century. It was recalled bu turkish Bender. Tighina was once an important point in the commercial way of Moldova, it was a connection between the Europe and the Orient. The Fortress Tighina was a little destroyed in the Russian-Turkish war in 1806-1812. In the first years of the XIXth century it was between the fortresses of first class from the Russian Empire.
