Ion Moraru
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Ion Moraru is a Moldova
n activist and author. He was a founder of the anti-Soviet
group Sabia Dreptăţii
and a political prisoner
in the Soviet Union
.
. Ion Moraru and Petre Lungu were the founders of Sabia Dreptăţii
in Bălţi
. This anti-Soviet
armed resistance group was active in Bălţi during the Stalinist
era. "Sabia Dreptăţii" was discovered by the NKVD
in 1947, based at the Pedagogical Lycée (former Ion Creangă Lycée) in Bălţi. For one year, Ion Moraru was imprisoned in the same camp at Ekibastuz
with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ion Moraru is well known anti-communist
in Bessarabia
; he is a member of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova)
.
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
n activist and author. He was a founder of the anti-Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
group Sabia Dreptăţii
Sabia Dreptăţii
Sabia Dreptăţii was one of the organized anti-Soviet groups in Bălţi, Bessarabia.- Overview:Sabia Dreptăţii was initiated by students Petre Lungu and Ion Moraru from Bălţi. This anti-Soviet armed resistance group was active in Bălţi during the Stalinist era...
and a political prisoner
Political prisoner
According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, a political prisoner is ‘someone who is in prison because they have opposed or criticized the government of their own country’....
in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
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Biography
Ion Moraru was born March 9, 1929 in MîndîcMîndîc
Mîndîc, also spelled Mândâc, is a commune in Drochia district, Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Mîndîc. At the 2004 census, the commune had 3,402 inhabitants....
. Ion Moraru and Petre Lungu were the founders of Sabia Dreptăţii
Sabia Dreptăţii
Sabia Dreptăţii was one of the organized anti-Soviet groups in Bălţi, Bessarabia.- Overview:Sabia Dreptăţii was initiated by students Petre Lungu and Ion Moraru from Bălţi. This anti-Soviet armed resistance group was active in Bălţi during the Stalinist era...
in Bălţi
Balti
Balti can refer to:* Balti language, a language spoken in Baltistan in Pakistan and Ladakh in Kashmir* Balti people, Muslims of Ladakhi/Tibetan origin from Baltistan in Pakistan and Ladakh in Kashmir...
. This anti-Soviet
Anti-Sovietism
Anti-Sovietism and Anti-Soviet refer to persons and activities actually or allegedly aimed against the Soviet Union or government power within the Soviet Union.Three different flavors of the usage of the term may be distinguished....
armed resistance group was active in Bălţi during the Stalinist
Stalinism
Stalinism refers to the ideology that Joseph Stalin conceived and implemented in the Soviet Union, and is generally considered a branch of Marxist–Leninist ideology but considered by some historians to be a significant deviation from this philosophy...
era. "Sabia Dreptăţii" was discovered by the NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
in 1947, based at the Pedagogical Lycée (former Ion Creangă Lycée) in Bălţi. For one year, Ion Moraru was imprisoned in the same camp at Ekibastuz
Ekibastuz
Ekibastuz is a town in Pavlodar Province, northeastern Kazakhstan. it had a population of 141,000. It is served by Ekibastuz Airport.-History:...
with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was aRussian and Soviet novelist, dramatist, and historian. Through his often-suppressed writings, he helped to raise global awareness of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system – particularly in The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of...
Ion Moraru is well known anti-communist
Anti-communism
Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and the beginning of the Cold War in 1947.-Objections to communist theory:...
in Bessarabia
Bessarabia
Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
; he is a member of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova)
Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova)
The Christian Democratic People's Party is a Christian democratic political party in Moldova. In the last legislative elections on March 6, 2005, the party won 9.1% of the popular vote and 11 out of 101 seats. Led by Iurie Roşca, the CDPP and the liberal PNL are the only major political parties in...
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