Tag: Soviet history

Cultural

The thousands of northern-Bukovina Romanians killed by the Soviets at Fântâna Albă were commemorated at Putna Monastery

Published by Ștefana Totorcea
06.04.2023

The hieromonks of Putna Monastery commemorated last Saturday, as they do every year, the thousands of Romanians massacred at Varnița (Fântâna Albă) on April 1, 1941 in the so-called “Romanian Katyn” onslaught. The service was…

Cultural, Society

80 years from the deportation of the Romanians from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

Published by Ștefana Totorcea
03.07.2021

The first wave of deportations from Soviet-occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina started on the night of June 12, 1941. Romanians were the nationality with the greatest number of victims among those deported to Siberia and…