Ion Moraru (9 March 1929 – 9 October 2019) was a Moldovan activist and author. He was a founder of the anti-Soviet group Sabia Dreptății and a political prisoner in the Soviet Union.
Ion Moraru | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 March 1929 |
| Died | 9 October 2019 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | USSR, Moldova |
| Other names | Mos Ion de la Mândâc |
| Known for | Sabia Dreptății founder |
Biography
editMoraru was born in Mîndîc. Ion Moraru and Petre Lungu were the founders of Sabia Dreptății in Bălți. This anti-Soviet armed resistance group was active in Bălți during the Stalinist era. "Sabia Dreptății" was discovered by the NKVD in 1947, based at the Pedagogical Lycée (former Ion Creangă Lycée) in Bălţi.[1] For one year, Ion Moraru was imprisoned in the same camp at Ekibastuz with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.[2]
Ion Moraru later became a well-known anti-communist in Bessarabia (now the Republic of Moldova).
He was a member of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova).
Works
edit- Pustiirea, 2005
- Treptele infernului, 2007
Bibliography
edit- Elena Postică, "Sabia dreptăţii", în Ţara, 1995, 19, 26 ianuarie
References
edit- ^ (in Romanian) Comisia Prezidenţială pentru Analiza Dictaturii Comuniste din România: Raport Final / ed.: Vladimir Tismăneanu, Dorin Dobrincu, Cristian Vasile, București: Humanitas, 2007, 879 pp., ISBN 978-973-50-1836-8
- ^ Organizatia anti-sovietica "Sabia Dreptatii"[usurped]
External links
edit- Moş Ion de la Mândâc a împlinit 80
- Fostul deţinut politic Ion Moraru din satul Mândâc a lansat al doilea volum de memorii
- Organizatia anti-sovietica "Sabia Dreptatii"
- La Chisinau a fost lansata ieri cartea lui Ion Moraru "Pustiirea" Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
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