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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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„Urbanism and Architecture”

April 18th – 24th, 2016

On the occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites the National Museum of History of Moldova opened an exhibition of urban projects on the re-use of the public space in downtown Chișinău. The projects on display were developed in the framework of the National contest of urbanism and architecture launched by the Embassy of France in Moldova, the Municipality of Chișinău and the Agency of Inspection and Restoration of Monuments.

The exhibition brings together 40 projects made by 17 urban architects who proposed ideas for developing the protected area, the pedestrian area - 31 august 1989 street, in the perimeter of streets Maria Cebotari and Alexandru Pușkin, and of the unprotected area, the Circus with the nearby area on Igor Vieru boulevard. The projects exhibited in the museum present several ideas on the rehabilitation and redevelopment of a section on 31 august 1989 street which is to be transformed into a pedestrian area, and the area of the Circus from Chișinău.

On April 19, at the exhibition opening, were announced the winners of the National Contest of urbanism and architecture. 1st Prize was awarded to the group of architects from Oberliht Association (Borozan Ina, Deleanu Toma, Moldovan Vlad, Vatamaniuc Andrei, Vrednic Stanislav, Us Vladimir, Sprînceana Vitalie) who drafted the project „Development of the protected area, 31 August 1989 street, in the perimeter of A. Pușkin and M. Cebotari streets - pedestrian area". 2nd Prize was awarded to the group of architects Burungiu Ion, Danciu Mihai-Ionuț, Lisnic Inesa and Prunici Ion for the project „Development of the unprotected area, public space - Circus from Chișinău and the nearby area from Renașterii Naționale boulevard". The Special Prize of the Jury was awarded to the group of architects from the Workshop of architecture design OLDARCHITECTURE.

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The Album ”In Memoriam. In Memory of the Heroes Who Fell at the Nistru (1992)”, Chișinău, 2012

„Urbanism and Architecture”

April 18th – 24th, 2016

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