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The guests and participants were welcomed by the Director of the Sybir Memorial Museum in Bia\u0142ystok, Professor Wojciech \u015aleszy\u0144ski. He emphasized that the International Memorial Peloton is one of the most important initiatives of the Museum, bringing together institutions and participants from across Central and Eastern Europe to jointly commemorate the victims of Soviet aggression and repression. He also stressed the significance of the event in the context of the ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cResidents of this part of Europe must speak with one voice about their history under Soviet occupation in order to prevent its repetition. This is precisely the aim of the Memorial Peloton, which originated in Bia\u0142ystok, where the Sybir Memorial Museum is located. We shared the idea of organizing such an event with museums from other Central and Eastern European countries. Lithuania and Latvia joined us first, and for the past year Moldova has been with us as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am very pleased that Lithuanian institutions can contribute to building a European culture of remembrance in the Republic of Moldova. I am especially happy to see so many young faces at this interactive event,\u201d said Liudas Gintautas Dabkus, Attach\u00e9 of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Chi\u0219in\u0103u.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ludmila Cojocaru, PhD, Head of the Branch of the Museum of Victims of Deportation and Political Repression of the National Museum of the History of Moldova, explained that participants would visit five memorial sites in the historical centre of Chi\u0219in\u0103u, related to the events and tragedies that followed the signing of the Molotov\u2013Ribbentrop Pact on 23 August 1939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virgiliu B\u00eerl\u0103deanu, PhD, Head of the Department of Modern History at the Institute of History of the State University of Moldova, highlighted that the Moldovan edition of the Memorial Peloton was organised in conjunction with a summer school for students and high school pupils from both sides of the Dniester River.

\u201cWe sought to create a platform for dialogue that would strengthen democratic values and the European culture of remembrance,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Postica, President of the Association of Former Deportees and Political Prisoners of Moldova, also spoke, expressing his support for such initiatives, particularly those addressed to the younger generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The historical walk began at the Monument of the Capitoline Wolf in front of the National Museum of the History of Moldova. The sculpture was originally gifted to Chi\u0219in\u0103u by the city of Rome in 1918, but in 1940 the Soviet authorities ordered it to be melted down, seeking to erase the Roman dimension of Moldovan identity. The monument was recreated in 1990 and placed in front of the Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next stop was Valea Morilor Park, where a memorial stone commemorates the victims of mass executions carried out by the NKVD in 1940\u20131941 under the walls of the former Italian Consulate in Chi\u0219in\u0103u. Subsequent sites included the Church of the Transfiguration, transformed by the Soviet authorities into a planetarium and Centre of Atheism, and the former Romanian Higher Military School in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, destroyed and rebuilt as the headquarters of the KGB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, on the eve of the Moldovan edition of the Peloton, an exhibition prepared by the team of the Sybir Memorial Museum was opened, presenting the fate of Poles and Moldovans under Soviet occupation. The exhibition, produced in Romanian, was created in cooperation with the National Museum of the History of Moldova and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Chi\u0219in\u0103u. The opening ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Moldova, Tomasz Kobzdej, PhD, the Director of the Sybir Memorial Museum, Professor Wojciech \u015aleszy\u0144ski, and the Director of the National Museum of the History of Moldova, Professor Eugen Sava, together with Moldovan Sybiraks and their families and members of the national media. Participants of the Peloton and opening ceremony also attended a lecture by the Director of the Sybir Memorial Museum devoted to the experience of establishing and running our institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sybir Memorial Museum warmly thanks all partners, institutions, and participants in the Memorial Peloton in Chi\u0219in\u0103u for their cooperation, support, and presence. Special words of gratitude go to the Moldovan Sybiraks and their families, whose participation gave the event a special dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The event was organised by the Sybir Memorial Museum and the National Museum of the History of Moldova, in cooperation with the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania (Vilnius), the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, the Institute of History of the Moldova State University, the public association Pro Memoria, and the Association of Former Deportees and Political Prisoners of Moldova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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