Ion T. Costin (19 January 1887 – 12 January 1940) was a

Bessarabia Bessarabia () is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region covering the southern coa ...

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politician. He was born at a time when his native region, as the eastern half of

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, had been taken over by the

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and organized into a

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. Following the

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, he took part in the affairs of the

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as a member of

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, voting for union with the

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. Active in its politics, he died several months before the

Soviet occupation of Bessarabia Between 28 June and 3 July 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, following an ultimatum made to Romania on 26 June 1940 that threatened the use of force. Those regions, with a total area of and a population of 3,776, ...

Biography

He served as Director General for Internal Affairs in

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and

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, then worked as a lawyer in

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. He served also as deputy mayor and then

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(1933—1937), director of

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and

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Gallery

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External links

"Viaţa Noastră" - ziarul care a salvat viaţa unui deputat în Sfatul Ţării

COSTIN, ION T.

SIMPOZIONUL INTERNAŢIONAL "ION COSTIN - NUME NOTORIU ÎN ISTORIA ŢĂRII. 70 DE ANI DE LA TRECEREA ÎN NEMURIRE"

Notes

1887 births 1940 deaths People from Kishinyovsky Uyezd Ministers of internal affairs of Moldova Moldovan MPs 1917–1918 Mayors of Chișinău 20th-century mayors Moldovan jurists Moldovan journalists Moldovan male non-fiction writers 20th-century journalists {{Moldova-mayor-stub