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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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The National Carpet Fair "Carpet of Longing", the 10th edition

December 17, 2023

On December 17, 2023, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova, the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History (MNEIN) and the National Center for the Conservation and Promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage (CNCPPCI) organized the National Carpet Fair "Carpet of Longing", the edition of X.

The event was dedicated to bark - an element of traditional Romanian culture, entered on December 1, 2016, in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, following the joint nomination of this tradition by Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

Petru Vicol, director of the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History, stated that ten years after the first edition, we can see that our traditional bark has found its place of honor in Bessarabian homes.

At the 10th edition of the event, certificates were handed out to the Living Human Treasure Bearers, folk craftsmen: Zaharia Triboi, Silvia Antohi, Dumitru Constandache, Constantin Cojan, Antonina Rusu, Natalia Cangea, Eugenia Moldovanu, Parascovia Pasat, Gheorghe Pantir, Efrosinia Sofronovici, Tudor Ungureanu and trophies to participants and institutions for actions to safeguard and promote the craft: Ludmila Scutaru, village of Mihăileni, r. Râșcani; Ecaterina Popescu, Clişova Noua, Orhei, Rustic Art Crafts Center; Ioana Lăzărescu, Ignăţei village, Rezina district; TVR Moldova; Moldova 1; National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History; National Center for Conservation and Promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

During this event, the exhibition "Fabrics from the center of Moldova" was inaugurated. Echoes of tradition in modernity", which includes old carpets from the MNEIN collection and from the collections of other institutions: the National Museum of History of Moldova, the Museum of History and Ethnography in the city of Călărași, the Museum of History and Ethnography of the municipality of Strășeni, the Museum Casa Mare- Vatra Dumeștilor from Vorniceni, or. Străseni, Museum of History and Ethnography village of Ciuciuleni, Hâncești district, Museum of History and Ethnography town. Nisporeni, Regional Museum of History and Ethnography "Anatol Candu" from Văsieni village, Ialoveni district.