Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation

Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation
Coordinates 47°01′32″N 28°49′39″E / 47.02562°N 28.82741°E / 47.02562; 28.82741Coordinates: 47°01′32″N 28°49′39″E / 47.02562°N 28.82741°E / 47.02562; 28.82741
Location Central Chişinău
Beginning date 2010
Opening date June 28, 2010
Dedicated to Victims of Soviet Occupation

The Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation (Romanian: Monument în memoria victimelor ocupaţiei sovietice) is a proposed monument in Chişinău, Moldova.

A commemorative stone was unveiled on 28 June 2010, as a monument to the victims of the Soviet occupation and the totalitarian communist regime, Soviet Occupation Day in Moldova.[1] It is located on Grand National Assembly Square, formerly known as Victory Square, once home to the central monument to Lenin of Soviet Moldavia, in front of Government House, originally the seat of the Council of Ministers of the Moldavian SSR, now the Cabinet of Moldova.[2][3] In English, the inscription on the stone reads:

In this place will be built a monument in memory of the victims of Soviet occupation and the totalitarian communist regime.

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References

  1. ↑ June 28 Moldova would seek the withdrawal of Russian occupiers
  2. ↑ Commemorative stone of monument to victims of Soviet occupation unveiled in Chisinau
  3. ↑ Primăria a instalat în faţa Guvernului o piatră în memoria victimelor regimului comunist
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