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Moldova Honors Memory of WWI Soldiers

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Moldova Honors Memory of WWI Soldiers


13.11.2015

A memorial sign to soldiers killed in World War I was installed in the town of Ceadir-Lunga a year ago, on November 11, 2014. The initiative was part of the Memory of Forgotten War project aimed at preserving and resurrecting the memory of the fallen soldiers from Gagauzia. The project was supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation. It was the first memorial sign to the soldiers of WWI in modern Moldova.

Over 2 million soldiers and officers of the Russian Empire, some of them residents of the Bessarabia Governorate, died in the First World War. About 700 residents of Ceadir-Lunga—almost half of the town’s adult males—were mobilized at the time of war, and 1 out of 10 soldiers died later. In Ceadir-Lunga, about 75 young men died or went missing. Extensive research was undertaken to identify the dead 100 years after the war. Only 10 soldiers out of the 60 identified have descendants. The ongoing research aimed at identifying fallen soldiers will result in a publication of collected materials.

As of today, there are 21 monuments to WWI soldiers listed in Moldova's Register of State Protected Monuments.

One year later, on November 11, 2015, at the hour of the end of WWI, a memorial rally took place in Ceadir-Lunga. It was attended by over 50 people, including public officials, clerics, local history experts, schoolchildren, teachers and residents of the town and neighboring localities. All speakers agreed that events of this kind should be held on an annual basis, and the project had made a big contribution to the process. The event concluded with a flower-laying ceremony.

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