Moldova
2015

We were fortunate to travel to Chișinău, Moldova - formerly a Soviet Republic - as part of a Rotary Friendship Exchange

At the Ciuflea Monastery in Chișinău

Ciuflea Monastery

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Metropolitan Cathedral - the national cathedral of Moldova

Saint Panteleimon Basilica

Arcul de Triumf

Moldovan flags on Arch of Triumph and the main government administration building

National Library

Republican Palace

Writers' Walk

Statue of Stefan cel Mare

Soldiers celebrating 70th anniversary of the end of World War II

ZiU-9 trolleybus - ZiU stands for Zavod imeni Uritskogo, a vehicle manufacturing plant named after Moisei Uritsky, the Russian revolutionary. The ZiU-9 was put in mass production in 1971 and it is still assembled along with other more advanced trolleybus vehicles in the former ZiU factory. The total number produced exceeds 42,000 vehicles, as well as many copies made in other factories of the former Soviet bloc. This model is the most numerous trolleybus vehicle in the world.

Moldovan Acedemy of Science

Academy exhibit

Poster commerating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II

Ethnographic museum

National Museum of History

Milestii Mici winery - largest wine caves in the world - over a hundred miles of caves