Editing Tiraspol (section)

=== Tsarist Russian rule ===
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The [[Russian Empire]] conquered its way to the [[Dniester]] River, taking territory from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. In 1792 the [[Imperial Russian Army|Russian army]] built fortifications to guard the western border near a Moldavian village named [[Sucleia]]. Field Marshal [[Alexander Suvorov]] is considered the founder of modern Tiraspol; [[Suvorov Monument (Tiraspol)|his statue]] is the city's most distinctive landmark.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baranchikov |first=E. V. |year=2017 |title=ТИРАСПОЛЬ |url=https://old.bigenc.ru/geography/text/4192874 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=old.[[Great Russian Encyclopedia|bigenc.ru]]}}</ref> The city took its name from ''[[Tyras]]'', the [[Greeks|Greek]] name of the Dniester River on which it stands. It was granted city rights in 1795.{{sfn|Cucerescu|Rosca|2015|p=188}}

In 1828, the Russian government established a customs house in Tiraspol to try to suppress [[smuggling]]. The customs house was subordinated to the chief of the [[Odesa]] customs region. It began operations with 14 employees. They inspected shipments of bread, paper, oil, wine, sugar, fruits and other goods.

[[File:План Тираспольской крепости 1856.jpg|thumb|center|1856 plan of the {{ill|Tiraspol Fortress|ro|Cetatea Tiraspol|ru|Тираспольская крепость}}]]
In December 1917, Tiraspol hosted a congress of Transnistrian Moldovans, at which they wished to unite the city with [[Bessarabia]].{{sfn|Cucerescu|Rosca|2015|p=189}}