You are standing at the circle with the sun in the middle-0 km.What does this mean? And very simply, distances between cities are measured from the main post office to the main post office.For example, how many km from Chisinau to Jerusalem? Exactly 2937! In addition, this is a generally interesting intersection of the central street of Chisinau - Stephan Veliki Avenue (Bld. Stefan Cel Mare si Sfant), which reaches almost 4 km, dividing the city into upper and lower. Being in Chisinau and in Moldova in general, it is important to know that Stefan cel Mare was the greatest Moldovan ruler who ruled for almost 50 years. Throughout his reign, he fought for the independence of the Principality of Moldavia, pursuing a policy of strengthening central authority, fighting against Poland, Hungary, and especially Turkey.Now right in front of you is the building of the Moldovan General Post Office, erected in the middle of the last century. The project was designed by the architect Valentin Mednik, and here's his bust on the wall. The basis for the project was the famous Moscow Central Telegraph, built in a rational Art Nouveau style.In the Soviet Union, republican main post offices were often "casts" of the Moscow one, only, of course, smaller in size.On the other side of the avenue, to the left and rear, is the Chisinau Mayor's Office, which is housed in a building built in 1902 by Mitrofan Eladi and the famous Alexander Bernardazzi. The architecture of the building is a former passageway - eclectic with elements of Italian Gothic. The building is very beautiful, but its condition leaves much to be desired.On the same side is one of the attractions of the city - The Organ Hall (arch. Mikhail Chekerul-Kush, 1911). Originally it was the City Bank, but in Soviet times, at the suggestion of the organist Svetlana Bodiul, daughter of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Moldavian SSR, the function of the building was changed. It's a good thing: there are plenty of banks in the city, and now there's a cultural center like this, by the way, with excellent acoustics. A fourth corner is left: on our right, an elite Soviet apartment building (arch. I. Shmurun and S. Vasiliev), combining grandeur and quality, decorated with Moldovan and Soviet stucco symbols - a bunch of grapes, a vase with fruit, a five-point star, sickle and hammer. Various prominent people lived in this house, as evidenced by the plaques. But since we have a tour of the Jewish Chisinau, let's take a look at one of them, right on the corner.Dubinovsky Lazar Isakovich (1910-1983), an outstanding sculptor and People's Artist, lived here for almost 30 years. He paved the way to the monumental art of Moldova, created a rich series of sculptural portraits of outstanding people.His creative "fruitfulness" is still considered a peculiar phenomenon. During the tour, we will see more of Dubinowski's work.After saying "shalom" to the sculptor, we walk down the street where we were standing, Vlaicu Pircalab str. It is named after the boyar of the reign of Stefan cel Mare, the first master of the modern capital. He served as Pircalab, a kind of viceroy, but with a military bent.To the right is ULIM (Universitatea Libera Internationala din Moldova), Moldova's first private university, with flags of countries representing students on its facade. I counted 42! To the left is the Sky Tower, home to many important offices and the Italian Embassy.It's a short walk to the corner where, at the entrance of the very worthy Librarius bookstore, is our point number 2.