Battle of Bender (1992)
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Battle of Tighina (1992)
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Battle of Bender | |||||||
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Part of the Transnistria War | |||||||
Separatist forces during the battle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Moldova Supported by: Romania |
Transnistria Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mircea Snegur Pavel Creangă[1] Tudor Dabija-Cazarov[1] Constantin Antoci[2] |
Igor Smirnov Alexander Lebed |
The battle of Bender, also known as the battle of Tighina or the battle of Bendery (
Dniester River. This is different from the rest of currently Transnistrian-controlled lands, which are located at the eastern bank of it. Bendery is the Russian name of the city and Tighina is the Romanian one, with Bender being an old Ottoman name.[3]
Bender was one of the points of greatest fighting during the whole
14th Guards Army, which provided the Armed Forces of Transnistria with weapons and ammunition, this being vital to the separatist victory in Bender. As a response to the presence of Russian troops in Moldovan territory, the President of Moldova Mircea Snegur requested retaliation against Russia from the United Nations (UN), receiving weak international support. Thus, on 21 July 1992, Moldova and Russia signed a ceasefire agreement that ended the Transnistria War. As a result of it, a so-called peacekeeping Russian military mission was installed in Transnistria and the latter started drifting apart from Moldovan institutions, becoming more independent from Moldova.[4]
In Transnistria, the battle of Bender was referred to as the "Stalingrad of today" by Transnistrian media at the time and was often compared to the Eastern Front of World War II, in which Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union (USSR). Russia was and is seen today as a "savior", while the Moldovan and Romanian forces were and are seen as "nationalists" and "fascists". On the other hand, in Moldova, the battle of Bender is nowadays seen as a provocation by "criminal" and "paramilitary" separatists made in order to disrupt the peace negotiation process of the conflict.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Budeanu, Gheorghe (2 March 2012). ""Reglementarea diferendului transnistrean nu poate fi realizată prin federalizarea R. Moldova"". Point (in Romanian).
- ^ Greadcenco, Oxana (23 July 2016). "Ion Costaș: Are nevoie Moldova de armată?/ OPINIE". Moldova.org (in Romanian).
- ^ S2CID 158812133.
- JSTOR 43293238.