The European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Nazism and Stalinism was marked in Chisinau on August 23 with the official unveiling on Railway Station Square of a monument in memory of deportees. It is the first monument honoring the victims of the Soviet totalitarian regime in Moldova.
Moldova Remembers Victims Of Stalinism
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Valentina Sturza, president of the association of former political prisoners and deportees, lays a wreath.
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Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca (left to right), sculptor Iurie Plato, and Liberal Party leader Mihai Ghimpu pay their respects.
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Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca addresses the crowd.
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Liberal Party leader MIhai Ghimpu speaks.
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Composer Eugen Doga
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