Vasile Odobescu
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Vasile Odobescu was a founder and leader of the anti-Soviet
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 organization Democratic Agrarian Party
Democratic Agrarian Party
The Democratic Agrarian Party was a clandestine political party in the Moldovan SSR.- Activity :The leader of the Democratic Agrarian Party was Vasile Odobescu...

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Biography

Vasile Odobescu was born in Cuizăuca
Cuizăuca
Cuizăuca is a commune in Rezina district, Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Cuizăuca.- Notable people :* Valeriu Saharneanu* Vasile Odobescu* Victor Cobăsneanu...

, a locality in the north of Moldova
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. During the Soviet deportations from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, his parents and his sister were deported from Moldovan SSR (Bessarabia
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) to Siberia
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In 1950 he founded the Democratic Agrarian Party
Democratic Agrarian Party
The Democratic Agrarian Party was a clandestine political party in the Moldovan SSR.- Activity :The leader of the Democratic Agrarian Party was Vasile Odobescu...

, one of the largest and best anti-Soviet resistance organizations in rural areas of the Moldovan SSR. The leaders of the party were Vasile Odobescu and Simion Zlatan (born in Popenchi, Râbniţa). The Democratic Agrarian Party was active between 1950 and 1953.

In 1953, Vasile Odobescu and other important members of the party were arrested. In 1953, Vasile Odobescu and 10 other party members were sentenced to death.

In a book printed in 2000, the historian Ion Ţurcanu
Ion Ţurcanu
Ion Ţurcanu is a Moldovan professor, author, and politician. He was editor in chief of "Cartea Moldovenească", "Patrimoniu", and "Revista de istorie a Moldovei". Ion Ţurcanu served as a Member of the Parliament and the chairman of the New National Moldovan Party.- Biography :Ion Ţurcanu was born...

 wrote the chapter "Vasile Odobescu, a soldier of the disinherited people" .

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