Memorial to Victims of Stalinist Repression

Train of Pain – The Memorial to Victims of Stalinist repression
Romanian: Monumentul în memoria victimelor deportărilor regimului comunist
The memorial in 2019
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47°00′43″N 28°51′31″E / 47.01204°N 28.85851°E / 47.01204; 28.85851
LocationChișinău
DesignerIurie Platon
Length12 metres (39 ft)
Height2 metres (6.6 ft)
Beginning date2012
Completion date2013
Dedicated toVictims of Communism

The Train of Pain – Memorial to Victims of Stalinist Repression (Romanian: Trenul durerii – Monumentul în memoria victimelor deportărilor regimului comunist) is a monument in Chișinău, Moldova.[1] A temporary stone was unveiled in 1990 in Central Station Square commemorating the 1940–1951 mass deportations in Soviet Moldavia.[2] A permanent memorial was completed at the site in 2013. The sculptural element was assembled in Belarus.

Temporary memorial

See also

References

  1. ^ In memoria victimelor regimului stalinist. Un monument al victimelor regimului stalinist va fi inaugurat la Chisinau pana la sfarsitul acestui an. Potrivit autoritatilor municipale, acesta va fi instalat in aleea Garii Feroviare.
  2. ^ „Trenul durerii” pentru „duşmanii poporului”
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