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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 Session of Archaeological Reports (campaign 2021)

April 20, 2022

On April 20, 2022, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the National Archaeological Commission, the National Session of Reports "Archaeological Research in the Republic of Moldova, Campaign 2021" took place. The scientific meeting was organized in partnership by the National Archaeological Agency and the National Museum of History of Moldova on the occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites celebrated annually on April 18.

During the session, which took place at the National Museum of History of Moldova, 21 scientific communications were presented. Some of them concern preventive and/or rescue archaeological research coordinated by the National Archaeological Agency, including the investigations at the multi-layered site of Costești-Gârlea (Ialoveni district). We should also mention the preventive investigations at the Soroca Fortress and in the area of the former Church Museum in Chișinău, coordinated by Dr. habil. Sergiu Musteață, which gave very important results. It is also worth mentioning the communication regarding the rescue investigations of the multi-layered site of Lipoveni, presented by Dr. Sergiu Matveev and Dr. Vlad Vornic, who provided interesting discoveries related to the Iron Age, in particular the finds dated the 1^st-2^nd centuries AD.

Among the communications concerning systematic research, it is worth highlighting those regarding the investigations coordinated by Dr. Aurel Zanoci and Dr. Octavian Munteanu and aimed at discoveries in the Saharna and Old Orhei microzones related to the Iron Age and the early Middle Ages. Of particular interest was the communication presented by Mariana Vasilache regarding the interdisciplinary non-invasive research carried out by a joint Moldavian-German team at 14 sites (13 Cucuteni sites and a settlement of the Sântana de Mureș-Chernyakhov culture) in the north of the Republic. Moldova. Dr. Ghenadie Sîrbu presented the unpublished results of excavations at Gordinești II-Stînca goală, carried out on the basis of a Moldavian-Polish project.

In conclusion, the participants confirmed the need for archaeological research using interdisciplinary methods, which must be continued and expanded in the coming years. Archaeological heritage is the hallmark of the national heritage of the Republic of Moldova at the international level, it must be explored, developed and protected!

The program of the session is available here, summaries of communications can be found here.