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Bender
Bender, also called Tighina, is a city on the Dniester in Moldova, under the control of the breakaway Transnistria. Captured by the Ottomans in 1538 and fortified, it was a key Ottoman fortress, where Charles XII of Sweden sheltered after Poltava; it passed to Russia in 1812.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bender. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bender-moldova
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