#Exhibit of the Month

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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SUMMER SCHOOL “THE ANTI-COMMUNIST AND ANTI-SOVIET RESISTANCE IN EASTERN EUROPE (1939-1989)”

August 21-26, 2023

During August 21-26, 2023, Summer School "The Anti-Communist and Anti-Soviet Resistance in Eastern Europe (1939-1989)" held its works, with the participation of young scholars from the university institutions of Chisinau and Balti, as well as from higher education institutions from Râbnița. Within the activities carried out, the horizons of historical knowledge were expanded, documentation skills were cultivated regarding the memory of resistance, political repressions, deportations and forced collectivization from the period of the Soviet occupation regime.

During the Summer School, places of memory and thematic museum complexes from the Republic of Moldova and Romania were visited. In addition, there was an exchange of good practices in the field of commemorating the victims of the Soviet regime and studying the history and memory of the anti-Soviet resistance in Moldova, Lithuania and Romania, with a valuable impact for the students of the Summer School.

The Summer School "The Anti-Communist and Anti-Soviet Resistance in Eastern Europe (1939-1989)" was organized within the project "Edification of a European culture of memory by promoting intergenerational communication and cross-border cooperation. Exchange and implementation of the best practices between Lithuania and Moldova", with the support of the Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

Organizers:
Museum of Victims of Deportations and Political Repressions, NMHM
Institute of History, MSU
"Alecu Russo" State University from Balti
Ipotești Memorial, "Mihai Eminescu" National Study Center
Center of Excellence Pro Memoria Institute.