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The work In Memoriam. In Memory of the Heroes Who Fell at the Nistru (1992) was developed within the Center for Culture and Military History and published under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Moldova, the Bureau for Reintegration, and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Moldova. Authors: Gheorghe Bălan, Vitalie Ciobanu, Gheorghe Cojocaru.

This work provides a retrospective of the events that led to the outbreak of the war on the Nistru, accompanied by photographs of the heroes who lost their lives in the battles to defend the independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova.

On March 2, 1992, the political conflict in the Nistru region escalated into a true fratricidal war. Under the fabricated pretext of "defending Russia's southern borders," political adventurers from the former Soviet metropolis encouraged Transnistrian separatism by arming secessionist paramilitary groups. At the same time, thousands of mercenary Cossacks and prisoners released early from jails, along with tanks and missiles, were sent against Independent Moldova, in a desperate attempt to revive the fallen empire.

Russia's undeclared war against the Republic of Moldova left behind hundreds of dead and wounded, shattered families, and villages in ruins. More than 50,000 peaceful residents from the conflict zone were forced to flee their homes, seeking refuge from the horrors of war.

For the sake of freedom and the future, Moldova's defenders faced death, enduring the hardships and humiliations of war.

During the Nistru war, 198 soldiers of the National Army and 89 personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs lost their lives, while 40 combatants went missing without a trace, and nearly 300 were left disabled.

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National Session of Reports - Archaeological research in the Republic of Moldova, Campaign 2023

April 19, 2024

On April 19, 2024, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the National Archeology Commission, the National Report Session - Archaeological Research in the Republic of Moldova for the 2023 Campaign took place. The scientific event was organized in collaboration between the National Archeology Agency and the National Museum of History of Moldova, to coincide with the International Day of Monuments and Sites, celebrated on April 18

During the session of archaeological reports, held at the National Museum of History of Moldova, a total of 31 scientific communications were presented. These covered the preventive and/or rescue archaeological research, coordinated by the National Archeology Agency, highlighting Eneolithic sites associated with the Cucuteni-Tripolie culture Vadul lui Vodă I and Glinjeni X, as well as archaeological sites such as the stratified fortified settlement Butuceni I - Cetătuie, the linear fortification Val lui Traian de Sus and mound 16 from Corjeuți. Also, preventive and systematic investigations from Chisinau and Cetatea Sorocii were presented, coordinated by dr.hab. Sergiu Musteață and Dr. Ion Ursu, who had significant results.

Among the communications related to systematic research, those related to the investigations coordinated by Dr. Aurel Zanoci and Dr. Mihai Băț, focused on representative sites in the Saharna microzone, dating from the first and second Iron Age, stood out. Also, a communication of interest raised by Dr. Octavian Munteanu was presented, regarding the excavations and interdisciplinary research carried out by a joint Moldavian-German team in the Poienești-Lucașeuca type settlement (2nd-1st century BC) of at Ivancea-Sub Pădure.

Original results were also presented by Dr. Ghenadie Sîrbu regarding the research in the Eneolithic site at Trinca-La Șant (Edineț district) and the paleobotanical explorations at Caracușenii Vechi (Briceni district), carried out as part of a Moldovan-German project. A particularly valuable discovery was a pottery kiln with reverberation discovered in the late Eneolithic site of Sângerei X I - Chirileni III, through research coordinated by archaeologist Veaceslav Bicbaev last fall, a complex that is to be preserved, transported and exhibited at the Museum of History and Ethnography from Sangerei.

Among the fortuitous archaeological discoveries, a complex with ceramic vessels from the 2nd century AD stands out. from Mereni (Anenii Noi district) and, in particular, a burial tomb from the 10th - 12th centuries from Valea Mare (Ungheni district), which included several pieces of ornament and port, some being unique for the Carpatho-Dniester area. Also, in the previous year, a wooden boat was discovered in Puhăceni (Anenii Noi district), dated by C14 analyzes to the 18th century.