Moldovan parliament speaker conveys message on Day of Commemoration of Famine Victims
Moldpres,
19 April 2025 13:20
The organized famine of 1946-1947 is the most horrifying phenomenon that engulfed the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic (RSSM), the current territory of the Republic of Moldova, claims Parliamentary President Igor Grosu. According to him, these painful life lessons should unite ...
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