Nature · Chișinău and Surroundings

This park is dedicated to the 301 Moldovans who died in the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistna’s anti-Communist mujahideen forces in the 1980s. The park’s centerpiece is a memorial to the fallen Moldovans, who were among 15,000 Soviet soldiers killed in the conflict. The memorial’s design is stark, consisting of four sloped sides – like the legs of a chair – converging in a level near the top from which a cross rises. Like the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., it contains the names of all the Moldovans who died in the Soviet-Afghanistan conflict.

About this place

The Soviet public’s dismay over the war a key cause of the fall of the Soviet Union, historians say. The promenade leading to the memorial is made up of patches of ground interspersed with walkway. On each side of the promenade are groves of trees. Near the memorial are trendy shops, restaurants and cafés.