#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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„Rescued heritage”

21 June - 25 September 2018

The National Museum of History of Moldova opened on Thursday, June 21st, 2018, at 15.00, the temporary exhibition "Rescued heritage".

It is an unprecedented exhibition that brings to the public cultural objects of historical, scientific, artistic and other cultural value that have entered the collections of the museum as a result of the decision of the Interdepartmental commission for the determination of the purpose of confiscated or objects without owner. These objects have been confiscated over the years by Moldovan authorities or detained at customs offices. They feature a wide variety of exhibits, such as: painted wood icons, bronze casting icons, jewelry, coins, decorations, secular and religious silverware, etc.

The exhibition also includes several lots of objects, which have been provided with expertise, evaluation and records by the museum and are to be submitted to the Interdepartmental commission in order to determine the subsequent destination. The objects have never been displayed, while the general public knows them only from the periodical press. Among these, we mention: the pieces confiscated by the customs authorities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which, according to the documents, came from the Republic of Moldova; a large lot of ancient and Byzantine objects (luxury vessels of glass, ceramics, statues, Greek and Roman coins of silver and bronze, etc.), detained in February 2017 at the Leușeni customs post.

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