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77 Years From Stalinist Deportations: Pain Remains Alive in Collective Memory

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The Republic of Moldova celebrates 77 years from the second wave of Stalinist deportations in Basarabia. On the night of 5 to 6 July 1949, more than 35 thousand people were taken from their homes, boarded by freight trains and sent to Siberia and Kazakhstan. It is more than nine thousand men, 14 thousand women and more than 12 thousand children. The Soviet regime has, in fact, followed the decapitation of the Basarabean village and of the entire…
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The Republic of Molodva celebrates Monday, July 6, 77 years from the second wave of Stalinist deportations to Siberia, a occasion with which President Maia Sandu warned that "history repeats itself before our eyes. Deportations – crimes planned in the smallest details "Now 77 years, night, small children, old people, women and men [...]

·Bucharest, Romania
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On July 6, 77 years ago, the Soviet Union celebrated one of the most atrocious actions aimed at destroying the Romanian identity in the current territory of the Republic of Moldova. With the approval of Joseph Stalin, the local leadership of the Moldovan Socialist Soviet Republic (RSSM) organized the largest mass deportation operation, after which more than 35,000 people were sent to Siberia.

Moldova has a moral and historical duty to keep alive the memory of the victims and to tell the truth about the Soviet occupation.

On the morning of 6 July, in front of the Monument dedicated to the victims of the deportations of the communist regime, in front of the Railway Station in Chisinau, there was a meeting of 77 years since the second major Stalinist deportation operation in Basarabia, which took place on the night of 5 July 1949. The event was attended by the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, the President of Parliament, Igor Grosu, members of the …

The Republic of Moldova celebrates 77 years from the second wave of Stalinist deportations in Basarabia. On the night of 5 to 6 July 1949, more than 35 thousand people were taken from their homes, boarded by freight trains and sent to Siberia and Kazakhstan. It is more than nine thousand men, 14 thousand women and more than 12 thousand children. The Soviet regime has, in fact, followed the decapitation of the Basarabean village and of the entire…

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TVR MOLDOVA broke the news on Sunday, July 5, 2026.
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