Monument to the First Moldovan Power Plant named after V.I. Lenin

Location: Tiraspol, Transnistria

Completed: 1984

Artist: Not known 

Genre: Soviet monument, former USSR

During the period of the Soviet Union, the Transnistria region produced a significant amount of electricity, which was exported to other countries within the USSR as well as the Eastern Bloc. The monument commemorates the 30th anniversary of the construction of the Dubossary HPP, which was completed in 1954 and the first power plant in the Moldavian SSR.

Monument to the First Moldovan Power Plant named after V.I. Lenin in Tiraspol, Transnistria | Soviet monument | former USSR

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