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.
Part of a Roman helmet discovered in the Dacian castle from Racoș-Piatra Detunată, Brașov county
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. II [XVII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
The authors present a helmet’s nape-guard, discovered in one of the four Dacian fortifications from Racoșul de Jos, namely the one in the point Piatra Detunată, on the left bank of river Olt. This piece, made of bronze, appeared in one of the dwellings inside the wall, together with other over 100 objects, especially ceramics.
The named helmet belongs to the Weisenau-type and is dated in the second half of the Ist century B.C., most probably in the 6-9 decades. It represents a trophy taken by the Dacians during one of the attacks made on the south part of the Danube after Nero’s death or, more probably, in the first years of the war between the emperor Domitian and the Dacian king Diurpaneus in the year 87,when the Dacians killed general Fuscus and “plundered the wealth from the soldier’s camp” (Iordanes, Getica, 78).
On the helmet is point-written the name of soldier Cornelius Augustus who belonged to the centuria of officer Claudi- us. It’s possible that this centuria was part of the Vth legion Alaudae, grounded by Iulius Caesar in the year 52 B. C. The helmet stood as a trophy, in the dweelling of a dacian military-chief, in the castle from Racoș, where it was also at the begin of the war 101-102 between Trajan and Decebalus.
Florea Costea, Lucia Savu, Angelica Bălos
A „fibula” with cultural valences found at Ormeniș-„Tipia Ormenișului”, Brașov county
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. III [XVIII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
Florea Costea
Încă o fibulă hallstattiană descoperită în fortificația de la Racoș-Piatra Detunată
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. IV [XIX], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
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...
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
