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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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The yearly scientific conference of the National Museum of History of Moldova. XXVI edition

20-21 October 2016

The museum's yearly scientific conference History. Archaeology. Museology. Was held on October 20 and 21, 2016, The event is at the 26th edition and is part of the extensive scientific research activity of the museum, reflecting the interest of specialists for historical, archaeological and museographic research.

The conference was attended by scholars, curators, university professors from various academic research institutions, museums and universities from Moldova, Romania, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ukraine, Poland.

The scientific event was opened by dr.hab. Eugen Sava, general director of the museum. Then followed welcome speeches by Victor Ţvircun, academician coordinator of the Department of Humanities and Arts of the AȘM, Ion Niculiță, professor, State University of University, Liliana Condraticova, scientific secretary, Institute of Cultural Heritage of the AȘM.

The museum journal Tyragetia, Volume no.2, 2016 was launched at the plenary session. The journal was presented by dr. Aurel Zanoci and editor Vlad Pohilă.

The conference had five sections: Archaeology and Ancient History, Medieval History, Modern History, Contemporary History, Museology. A total of 60 scientific papers were presented during the two working days of the conference. Two of which were presented in the plenary session: Ion Ţurcanu, Rezultate și orientări în cercetările istorice (Results and perspectives of historic research) and Eugen Sava, Ion Tentiuc, Alexandru Levinschi, Investigațiile arheologice la reședința regelui suedez Carol al XII-lea de la Varnița. Campania 2016 (Archaeological research at the residence of King Charles XII of Sweden from Varnița. Campaign of 2016). [The entire Program of the conference]

The most interesting papers will be selected for publication in the museum journal Tyragetia, 2017.