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The exhibited necklace of beads originates from Funerary Complex No. 6 of Kurgan No. 4, excavated in 1982 by Dr. Habil. Eugen SAVA near the town of Taraclia. The beads were found in the chest area of the deceased, indicating that they had been worn as a necklace and had remained in their original position within the funerary assemblage.
The necklace consists of 11 elements made entirely of Egyptian faience. Eight of the beads are spherical and decorated with vertical incisions forming between 14 and 21 raised ribs. Their diameters range from 13 to 20 mm. Two additional elements are scarab representations measuring 23.5 × 19.5 mm, while the final component is a flattened cylindrical pendant bead featuring a central vertical groove and measuring 22 × 9 mm. The objects range in color from light blue to dark blue and violet hues, reflecting the natural deterioration and glaze variations characteristic of Egyptian faience.
Egyptian faience is an artificial quartz-based material coated with an alkaline glaze, typically blue or blue-green in color. It was widely used in Ancient Egypt and later spread throughout the Mediterranean and Pontic regions through trade networks. During the first centuries AD, such objects served as important indicators of cultural and economic contacts between the Mediterranean world and the communities of the North Pontic region.
Owing to its typological, technological, and symbolic characteristics, the Taraclia necklace is an exceptionally valuable artifact for the study of intercultural relations, the circulation of prestige goods, and the funerary practices of the Sarmatian communities during the first centuries AD (1st-2nd centuries AD).

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DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR VICTIMS OF STALINISM

July 5-6, 2022

From July 5 to July 6, 2022, a series of events dedicated to July 6, the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism, was held at the National Museum of History of Moldova.

On July 5, 2022, the Scientific-Practical Conference "Memory of Stalinist deportations and repressions: practices, problems and prospects of museum exploration" took place. The event brought together representatives of the museum community, along with historians, anthropologists, philologists and lawyers concerned with museumification the memory of Stalinist deportations and repressions from the perspective of responsibilities, roles and challenges facing museums in presenting the totalitarian-communist past of the Moldavian SSR.

On July 6, 2022, in the Blue Room of the National Museum of History of Moldova, a memorial event "Gulag Stories" was held with the participation of victims of deportations and political repressions, representatives of the younger generation, the media and civil society. The opening event was attended by the Consul of the Republic of Lithuania in the Republic of Moldova, Egle Broznelene, who spoke about bilateral projects implemented in the field of recovery and historical development of the memory of the victims of the totalitarian-communist regime and joint activities to form a European culture of memory.

As part of the commemorative events, the presentation of the animated short film "Mâța Fără Nume" took place. The film was made by Ghenadie Popescu based on the testimonies of survivors of the Stalinist repressions and is dedicated to the memory of the victims of deportation from the Moldavian SSR. The project was supported by the National Center for Cinematography in cooperation with the National Museum of History of Moldova, the Impact-Plus Production House and the HomoDiversus Association.

The commemorative actions were accompanied by the opening of the photo-documentary exhibition "Testimonies from the Gulag. Memory of the victims of the totalitarian-communist regime". The exhibition was elaborated by Virgiuliu Bîrlădeanu, Ludmila D. Cojocaru, Elena Postică and others within the project "Memory culture for societies in the process of democratic transformation: promoting good practices between Lithuania and the Republic of Moldova", with the support of the Program for the Promotion of Democracy and Cooperation for Development of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

The exhibition can be visited until July 25, 2022.