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<p>The <b>Tighina Fortress</b> (; renamed by the Turks as <b>Bender;</b> ) was a 15th-century fortress on the right bank of the <a href="page.php?w=Dniester_River">Dniester River</a> in <a href="page.php?w=Bender%2C_Moldova">Bender</a> (also known as Tighina), <a href="page.php?w=Moldova">Moldova</a>, built from earth and wood during the reign of Prince <a href="page.php?w=Stephen_the_Great">Stephen the Great</a>. In 1538 it was conquered by the <a href="page.php?w=Ottoman_Empire">Turkish</a> sultan <a href="page.php?w=Suleiman_the_Magnificent">Suleiman the Magnificent</a>,</p><p>
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