The Communist Party of Moldavia (, PCM,
Moldovan Cyrillic
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: ; ) was the ruling and sole legal political party of the
Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (, mo-Cyrl, Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Moldavia, Sovie ...
. It was one of the fifteen
republic
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-level parties that formed the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...
(CPSU) until
the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. During
World War II
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, it was the driving force of the
Moldovan resistance against
Axis
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occupation.
The party began to weaken politically during the
Perestroika
''Perestroika'' ( ; rus, перестройка, r=perestrojka, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg, links=no) was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s, widely associ ...
period, which was marked by
riots against Soviet rule. The party leader,
Semion Grossu
Semion Grossu (born 18 March 1934) is a Moldovan politician and businessman.
Biography
Grossu was born on 18 March 1934 in the commune of Satu-Nou, Cetatea Albă County, Kingdom of Romania (nowadays Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Ukraine). In 1 ...
was replaced with
Petru Lucinschi
Petru Lucinschi (; born 27 January 1940) is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President from 1997 to 2001. He currently serves as the founder and head of the Lucinschi Foundation of Strategic Studies and International Relat ...
on 16 November 1989.
The Communist Party was banned on 23 August 1991; subsequently, on 27 August, Moldova declared Independence and the
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (, mo-Cyrl, Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Moldavia, Sovie ...
came to an end. On 7 September 1993, the
Parliament of Moldova
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lifted the ban on communist activities.
List of first secretaries
Successors and revival attempt
In 1993, former PCM members founded the
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (, PCRM) is a communist party in Moldova led by Vladimir Voronin. It is the only communist party to have held a majority government in a post-Soviet state. It has been variously described as Com ...
(PCRM), which became the largest party in Moldova since the 2001 elections, and the ruling party from 2001 to 2009. In 2011 a group of communists led by the executive secretary of the old Communist Party of Moldova, Igor Cucer, came to the public attention, claiming that they are the "real communists" and they want to formally revive the party (PCM).
Partidul Comunist revine pe arena politică a Moldovei
. ipn.md They also stated that "the PCRM has become a pseudo-Communist and liberal-bourgeois party serving the interests of one of the county’s richest men, Oleg Voronin
Oleg Voronin (born 4 November 1962) is a Moldovan businessman and the son of former president Vladimir Voronin.
Biography
Oleg Voronin born on November 4, 1962, in Criuleni, then in the Moldovan SSR. He is the son of former Moldovan president ...
," son of president of Moldova from 2001 to 2009 and leader of the PCRM Vladimir Voronin
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. Cucer claimed then: "The PCRM's 8-year rule made the poor poorer and the rich richer".
The was created in 2010 to study and analyze the 1917–1991 period of the communist regime.
See also
* :Communist Party of Moldavia politicians
References
1940 establishments in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
1991 disestablishments in Moldova
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