#Exhibit of the Month

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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"Lem's Bestiary illustrated by Mróz"

August 22 - September 26, 2022

The exhibition "Lem's Bestiary illustrated by Mróz", created by Prof. Janusz Górski from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, connects illustrations signed by Daniel Mróz with fragments of Stanisław Lem's prose, presenting them to the general public through images placed on the fence of the National History Museum of Moldova (Strada 31 August 1989 121A, Chisinau), between August 22, 2022 and September 26, 2022.

We continue to celebrate Stanisław Lem (1921 - 2006) - writer, philosopher, futurist, science fiction author and one of the most popular and acclaimed Polish authors in the world. The work of Stanisław Lem is a phenomenon on a global scale, it has enormous influence and culture-forming role. His interests and topics covered such important subjects as ethical issues related to the emergence of self-aware robots and artificial intelligence, and legal problems generated by the achievements of modern medicine. In his novels, which, by the way, enjoy great popularity, he was able to include a whole arsenal of issues arising from the clash of the humanities and medicine with engineering and futurology.

Daniel Mróz, an outstanding illustrator and designer, did not like science fiction, but captivated by Stanisław Lem's sense of humor, he created his best realizations for Stories of Robots and The Cyberiad volumes. This is how one of the best illustration and writing initiatives in the history of Polish literature was born. Daniel Mróz plays with images of aliens and robots preserved by cinema and science fiction literature, medieval images of demons and devils, characters of monsters on engravings from 19th-century encyclopedias, surreal fantasies, caricatured deformations, illustrations from Verne's novels, Poe's stories and the Bible, works of old and contemporary masters of painting - creating a world of creatures remarkably similar to the world that surrounds us.

The exhibition "Lem's Bestiary according to Mróz" combines these unique illustrations with fragments of Lem's prose and was created by prof. Janusz Górski, lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

We invite you to see the exhibition on the fence of the National Museum of the History of Moldova in Chisinau (Strada 31 August 1989), where it will remain until September 26, 2022.