Planning, manufacturing and installation of monuments in the fortress was carried out based on the personalities of famous people who were somehow connected with the history of the Bendery fortress or Transnistria. The most significant place where a number of such monuments (busts) are installed is the Pantheon of Russian Glory, located under the southern wall of the citadel.
The very first bust was erected on October 12, 2009 to Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov, who, being a young captain, as a volunteer, took part in the assault on the Bendery fortress in 1770. Subsequently, in 1789, in the army of Potemkin, Kutuzov, already a major general, also took part in the siege and conquest of the Bendery fortress, and it was he who was instructed to blow up the bastions and other fortifications of the fortress, but, fortunately, due to the lack of allocated funds, he didn't.
On December 25 of the same year, busts were erected to Matthias Miller, who died during the assault on the fortress in 1770, the commander of the central attacking column, and Nikolai Raevsky, a participant in the conquest of the fortress in 1789.
Subsequently, this activity continued.
The general list of monuments at the facilities of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise "Historical military memorial complex" Bendery Fortress "
| No. p / p | Name of the monument (bust) | Installation location | Author | installation date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Monument to the Most Serene Prince G.A. Potemkin-Tauride | Entrance to the military memorial complex Ermakova | Creative group VIZURISculptor Georgy ChuenkoKyiv | 29.08.2010 |
| 2. | Bust of Baron Munchausen Karl Jerome | Northern mouth bastion of the Bendery fortress» | Sculptor George PostovanuChisinau | 6.10.2010 |
| 3. | Monument to the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk | Kronverk of the Bendery Fortress | KrasnoselskyVilkov | 9.04.2010 |
| 4. | Bust of staff captain I.P. Kotlyarevsky | Kronverk of the Bendery Fortress | Sculptor Petr GermanChisinau | 23.12.2010 |
| 5. | Bust of Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Sculptor George PostovanuChisinau | 12.10.2009 |
| 6. | Bust of Colonel Matthias Miller | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Sculptor George PostovanuChisinau | 25.12.2009 |
| 7. | Bust to General N. Raevsky | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Sculptor George PostovanuChisinau | 25.12.2009 |
| 8. | Bust of Generalisimo A.V. Suvorov | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Sculptor Konstantin KonstantinovMoscow | 15.09.2011 |
| 9. | Bust of Field Marshal P. Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Sculptor Konstantin KonstantinovMoscow | 27.05.2010 |
| 10. | Bust of General P.Kh. Wittgenstein | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Creative group VIZURISculptor Georgy ChuenkoKyiv | 4.10.2011 |
| 11. | Bust of the Blessed, Prince Alexander Nevsky | The central part of the park of the same name in the Bendery fortress (central alley) | Creative group VIZURISculptor Georgy ChuenkoKyiv | 9.09.2013 |
| 12. | Bust of Hetman of Ukraine I. Mazepa | Museum in the citadel of the Bendery fortress (donated by the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Moldova) | Sculptor Petr GermanChisinau | 2010 |
| 13. | Bust of General-in-Chief P.I. Panina | On st. Panin (Engels) at the main Tsaregrad gates of the Bendery fortress | Sculptor George PostovanuChisinau | 29.08.2010 |
| 14. | Bust of Field Marshal M.B. Barclay de Tolly | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Creative group VIZURISculptor Georgy ChuenkoKyiv | 27.05.2017 |
| 15. | Bust of Major General Ya.P. Kulneva | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Creative group VIZURISculptor Georgy ChuenkoKyiv | 27.05.2017 |
| 16. | Memorial sign to the Second, heavy, consolidated pontoon regiment | The territory of the former pontoon regiment in the Bendery fortress | author unknown Bendery | 8.10.2011 |
| 17. | Monument to the victims of the First World War | The area of the sixth bastion of the Bendery fortress, from the outside | Victor Zhigulov, Bendery | 8.06.2011 |
| 18. | Memorial Square in honor of General Engineer Rodion Gerbel | Area of the sixth bastion of the Bendery fortress, from the outside, road junction of Panin and Engels streets | Victor Zhigulov, Bendery | 11.10.2011 |
| 19. | Bust of Count, Field Marshal M.S. Vorontsova | Pantheon of Russian Glory in Bendery Fortress | Creative group VIZURISculptor Georgy ChuenkoKyiv | 5.11.2021 |
| 20. | Memorial plaque to the executed Jews in the moat of the Bendery fortress | External bypass moat, area of the 2nd bastion | Krasnoselsky V.N., Finkelzon M.K. | 27.01.2022 |
| 21. | Settlement of the Chernyakhov culture III - IV centuries AD (remains of a dugout) | north-eastern part of the Lower Fortress, along the line of the dam, beyond its outer borders | open N.P. Alekseev and M.A. Pavolaki in 1969, according to the results of excavations by I.G. Khynku AS MSSR | fixedlit. Rickman 1973: 133, no. 553. |
Monument to Field Marshal G.A. Potemkin
Monument to the Most Serene Prince, Field Marshal Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin-Tavrichesky. Installed in front of the entrance to the Military-Historical Memorial Complex “Military Necropolis”, Bender, Ermakova st., 14a.
G.A. Potemkin commanded the Southern Russian army, which in November 1789 conquered the Bendery fortress without a fight. More Here. The authors of the monument, the creative group VIZURI, Kyiv. The monument was erected on August 29, 2010.
Bust of Field Marshal General, His Serene Highness Prince Mikhail-Illarionovich Kutuzov
In 1770, as a volunteer, he arrived from Rumyantsev's First Army to Bendery, where he took part in the assault on the fortress. The bust was installed at the Pantheon of Russian Glory on October 12, 2009. Sculptor George Postovanu, Chisinau
Bust of cavalry general, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 Nikolai Nikolaevich Raevsky
Being an eighteen-year-old captain in 1789, he took part in the siege and capture of the Bendery fortress. The bust was installed at the Pantheon of Russian Glory on December 25, 2009. Sculptor George Postovanu, Chisinau
Bust of Generalissimo, Count Rymniksky, Prince of Italy, founder of Tiraspol - Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich.
Thanks to his brilliant victories over the main forces of the Turks under Rymnik, armies G.A. Potemkin managed to take the Bendery fortress without a fight. Installed at the Pantheon of Russian Glory on September 15, 2011. Sculptor Konstantin Konstantinov, Moscow. A gift from the Russian Embassy in Moldova.
Bust of Field Marshal Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky
A native of Stroentsy (Rybnitsky district, Transnistria). After the victory over the Turks at Cahul in 1770, Rumyantsev followed on the heels of the enemy and successively occupied Izmail, Chilia, Akkerman, Brailov, Isakcha. With his victories, he pulled the main forces of the Turks away from the Bendery fortress, which was besieged by Count Panin for two months. The bust was installed at the Pantheon of Russian Glory on May 27, 2010. Sculptor Konstantin Konstantinov, Moscow. A gift from the Russian Embassy in Moldova.
Bust of Field Marshal, Prince, Hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 Peter Khristianovich Wittgenstein
The commander of the Russian troops in the Russian-Turkish war of 1828-1829, as a result of which Turkey recognized the final rejection of Moldova, including Bendery, in favor of Russia. The founder of the Pridnestrovian northern city - Kamenka.
The bust was installed on the Pantheon of Russian Glory on October 4, 2011 in the presence of his direct descendant, Prince Alexander zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. The authors of the bust are the creative group VIZURI, Kyiv. The bust was created with the financial support of the Tiraspol wine and cognac factory "KVINT". On the same day, a presentation of the elite cognac “Prince Wittgenstein” took place on the territory of the fortress.
Bust of Field Marshal General, Minister of War, Hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly
Bust of Major General, Hussar, Hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 Yakov Petrovich Kulnev
The busts were installed at the Pantheon of Russian Glory on May 27, 2017. The authors are the creative group VIZURI, Kyiv.
Bust of Count, His Serene Highness Prince, Field Marshal General, Governor of Novorossia and Governor of Bessarabia (1823-1854) Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov
He is considered the creator of the general Bessarabian economy. He repeatedly visited the fortress, including during the visit to the city of Bendery of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I (1828). Reportage about the unveiling of the bust.
Memorial site of Baron Munchausen
The memorial site of Baron Karl Hieronymus von Munchausen was opened on the northern mouth bastion of the Bendery fortress, next to the corner northeastern octahedral tower of the citadel. In addition to the bust of the baron himself, on the battlements of the fortress wall framing the site, there are granite slabs with the baron's biography, his family coat of arms, etc. There is also a stylized cannonball on which the baron flew to reconnaissance in the fortress.
From historical materials it is known that in 1738 the baron, being von Ulrich's adjutant, being in the Russian army of Field Marshal B. Minich, took part in an unsuccessful campaign against the Bendery fortress. Marked in the documents as having shown special courage in the battle with the Turkish cavalry in the area of the Beloch River (Rybnitsa region, Transnistria).
Bust of Baron Munchausen, erected on October 6, 2010. Sculptor George Postovanu, Chisinau
Monument to the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk
adopted in the Bendery fortress on April 5, 1710
Full title ““Treaties and resolutions of the Rights and liberties of the military between Yasne, the noble of His Grace Pan Philip Orlyk newly elected troops of Zaporozhye Hetman, and between the General Persons Colonels and the same army of Zaporizhzhya, with full oath from both sides, Approved Under a free Election, a formal oath from the same Yasna, a noble Hetman, Deposed. Roku from the Nativity of Christ 1710 Month of April 5″
Bust of I. P. Kotlyarevsky
Bust of the Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright, creator of the modern Ukrainian language Ivan Petrovich Kotlyarevsky, who, being in the rank of captain of the Russian imperial army, being adjutant to the commander of the corps, cavalry general K.I. Meyendorff, described in detail the capture of the Bendery fortress by Russian troops in 1806. The bust was installed on the crownwork of the fortress on the outer eastern side of the Citadel on December 23, 2010. Sculptor Peter German, Chisinau. More Here
Memorial site of General-in-Chief, Count P. I. Panin
Bust of General-in-Chief, Count Pyotr Ivanovich Panin, commander of the Second Russian Army, which took a two-month siege and stormed the Bendery fortress in 1770. More Here. Bust installed st. Panin (Engels) at the main Tsaregrad gates of the Bendery fortress on August 29, 2010.
Bust of Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky
The bust of the Holy, Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky is installed in front of the military temple of the same name. The bust was installed on September 9, 2013 and personally consecrated by the Patriarch of All Rus' - Kirill. The authors of the bust are the creative group VIZURI, Kyiv.
Memorial sign in honor of the Second Pontoon Regiment
The memorial sign was erected in honor of the Second Separate Heavy Pontoon-Bridge Regiment, stationed in the Bendery Fortress from 1946 to 1993. Installed October 8, 2011. Author Victor Zhigulov, Bendery
Monument to the victims of the First World War
Monument to the victims of the First World War. Installed on June 8, 2011, at the intersection of Engels and Panin streets, from the outside of the 6th, corner bastion of the Bendery fortress. The author of the monument is Viktor Zhigulov, Bendery.
Memorial square in honor of the engineer Gerbel
The memorial square in honor of General Engineer Rodion Nikolaevich Gerbel was laid out on October 11, 2010 in the place where the assault on the Bendery fortress began in 1770, northwest of the fortress. It was Gerbel who supervised all the siege work, which lasted for 2 months. The author of the square is unknown.
Memorial plaque in memory of the inhabitants of the city of Bender of Jewish nationality shot in August 1941
Opened on the day of the Holocaust, January 27, 2022. The outer bypass moat of the fortress, the area of the second bastion (opposite the monument of Russian Glory (Orel).
As a result of archival work, it was found that in this place the fascist Sonderkommando 11B shot 59 people, of which 22 were women and 8 children, 11 of the dead were identified by name. Representatives of many local and Jewish organizations, as well as People's Artist of the Russian Federation A. Rosenbaum, took part in the opening of the board.
