Valeriu Graur
Valeriu Graur (23 December 1940, in Reni – 15 September 2012, in Bucharest, România) was a political dissident of Bessarabia, a member of the National Patriotic Front of Moldova. He was the son of a Romanian officer deported to Siberia. He was born in Reni, in Ukraine, in December 1940, but says he "opened the eyes of the mind" in Siberia, where his family was deported on June 13, 1941. He is one of the signers of the appeal addressed to Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1972. After denouncing these signatories by Security General Ion Stanescu (chairman of the State Security Council of the SRR.) He was deported for 4 years to Siberia as a result of his belonging to the National Patriotic Front of Moldova. On August 23, 2010, the acting President of the Republic of Moldova and the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Mihai Ghimpu, gave to Valeriu Graur, together with a group of fighters against the communist totalitarian occupation regime the " Order of the Republ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Reni, Ukraine
Reni ( uk, Рені́, ; ro, Reni) is a small city in Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast (province) of south Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Reni urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Reni is located in the Bessarabian historic district of Budjak and on the left bank of the Danube. The settlement was founded around 1548, acquiring city status in 1821. Population: The surrounding Reni Raion includes some 38,000 people (including those in the town), 49% of them ethnic Moldovans, 18% Ukrainians, 15% Russians, 8.5% Bulgarians and 8% Gagauz. There are six schools, one filial branch of the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, and three Ukrainian Orthodox church buildings. It is also home to the Light of the World Church. Gallery File:Svobody Ploshcha, Reni 03.jpg, Freedom Square File:Memorial in Reni 06.jpg, Grave of the soldiers File:Regional History Museum in Reni 01.jpg, Regional History Museum File:Cathedral in Reni 03.jpg, Ascension of the Lord Cathedral Fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Patriotic Front (Moldova) Politicians
National Patriotic Front may refer to: * Front of Patriotic and National Parties (Syria) * Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia * National Patriotic Front of Liberia * National Patriotic Front of Liberia – Central Revolutionary Council * National Patriotic Front (Moldova) * National Patriotic Front (Namibia) * Patriotic and Democratic Front of the Great National Union of Kampuchea The Patriotic and Democratic Front of the Great National Union of Kampuchea ( km, រណសិរ្សប្រជាធិបតេយ្យស្នេហាជាតិនៃមហាសាមគ្គីជាតិកម្ពុជា) (PDFG ... (Cambodia) * National Patriotic Front (Zimbabwe) {{disambig Political party disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1940 Births
Year 194 (Roman numerals, CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus, Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus (194), Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the Defensive wall, city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moldovan Independence Activists
Moldovan and Moldavian refer to something of, from, or related to Moldova or Moldavia. In particular, it may refer to: *Moldovans, the main ethnic group of the Republic of Moldova *''Moldavians'', the inhabitants of the historical territory of the Principality of Moldavia (14th century to 1859) * Moldavians, residents of Moldavia (region of Romania) *Moldovan language, one of the two names used for the official Romanian language of the Republic of Moldova *Moldavian dialect, one of the several regional varieties of the Romanian language *Moldovan (surname) See also *Moldavians (other) Moldavians or Moldavian may refer to: * Moldavians, residents of the medieval Principality of Moldavia (14th century to 1859), currently divided between Romania, Moldova and Ukraine * Moldavians, residents of the historical region of Moldavia, spe ... * * {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Romanian People Of Moldovan Descent
Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional foods ** Romanian folklore *Romanian (stage), a stage in the Paratethys The Paratethys sea, Paratethys ocean, Paratethys realm or just Paratethys was a large shallow inland sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Paratethys was peculiar due to its p ... stratigraphy of Central and Eastern Europe *'' The Romanian'' newspaper *'' The Romanian: Story of an Obsession'', a 2004 novel by Bruce Benderson * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Commission For The Study Of The Communist Dictatorship In Moldova The Commission for the Study and Evaluation of the Communist Totalitarian Regime of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Comisia pentru studierea şi aprecierea regimului comunist totalitar din Republica Moldova) is a commission instituted in Moldova by Acting President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu to investigate the Moldavian SSR, the state which administered the country as a Soviet Socialist Republic from 1940 to 1991, and provide a comprehensive report with the purpose of condemnation of Communism as experienced by Moldovan people. Formation On January 14, 2010, Moldova's Acting President, Speaker Mihai Ghimpu, decreed to set up the "Commission for the Study and Evaluation of the Totalitarian Communist Regime in the Republic of Moldova". The commission aimed |