School textbook and "war of histories". Op-ed by Anatol Țăranu
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20 March 2025 6:20
Op-Ed The history textbooks are compiled in accordance with the achievements of national historiography, reflecting the evolution of research and the objective interpretation of key events in the state's past. In the Republic of Moldova, the contesting and modification of history textbooks are not a new phenomenon, bu
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