Tighina

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Ti·ghi·na

(tĭ-gē′nə) or Ben·de·ry (bĕn-dĕr′ē, bĭn-dyĕ′rē) or Ben·der (bĕn-dĕr′)

A city of southern Moldova on the Dniester River northwest of Odessa, Ukraine. A historically strategic gateway to Bessarabia, the city has been controlled at various times by Turkey, Russia, Romania, and the Soviet Union. Transnistria assumed control of Tighina in 1992.

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Alexandru Guzun was due to play for Bendery club FC Tighina against FC Constuctorul the day a simmering conflict broke out into war.

The 'smuggler's haven' ruled by Moldova football 'Kings'

It has been speculated greatly on addressing this document, on the fact that it could be interpreted as a consent regarding the retreat of the Romanian troops, which, already in Bessarabia, on the 25th of January/ 7th of February 1918, had occupied Bender (Tighina), trying to cross the Dniester.

Great Romania under the Menace of the European Extremism and Revisionism

President Mircea Snegur, addressed on 23 June of the same year, UN Secretary General Boutros-Boutros Ghali, asking them to inform the Security Council about the attack the Russian forces and separatist forces on Tighina (Bender).