Background: Moldova — People | Cyber-Lenin

Background: Moldova

13 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Ion Pelivan Ion Pelivan Veteran of the Bessarabian national movement who, as foreign minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic, championed union with Romania Diplomacy and international organization 1876–1954
Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky Григорий Иванович Котовский The Bessarabian 'Red Robin Hood' who rose from Tsarist outlaw to legendary Soviet Civil War commander Military command · Soviet Union 1881–1925
Pan Halippa Pan Halippa Journalist and politician who, as vice-president and later president of Sfatul Țării, led the movement for Bessarabia’s union with Romania Legislature and state representation · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1883–1979
Ion Inculeț Ion Inculeț Bessarabian politician who presided over Sfatul Țării and the Moldavian Democratic Republic and saw through its union with Romania Legislature and state representation · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1884–1940
Pantelimon Erhan Pantelimon Erhan Bessarabian Socialist Revolutionary who headed the first government of the Moldavian Democratic Republic and put land reform first Government and administration · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1884–1971
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе Civil War front commander and Red Army reformer Military command · Soviet Union 1885–1925
Boris Davidovich Kamkov Борис Давидович Камков Co-founder and chief theoretician of the Left SR Party: from coalition with the Bolsheviks to the July 1918 uprising Political and party leadership · Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 1885–1938
Sergei Georgiyevich Lazo Сергей Георгиевич Лазо Moldovan nobleman turned Bolshevik revolutionary who established Soviet power in the Far East Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1920
Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir Иона Эммануилович Якир Civil War hero who turned the Kiev Military District into a laboratory for reform Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1937
Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul Иван Иванович Бодюл The republic first secretary who ruled Moldavia for nearly 20 years as Brezhnev's close ally Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–2013
Grigore Isidorovich Eremei Grigore Isidorovici Eremei The final head of Soviet Moldavia's Communist Party Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1935–2024
Pyotr Luchinsky Petru Lucinschi A politician who moved from Soviet party leadership to Moldova's presidency Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1940–
Valentin Bodiul Valentin Bodiul The Cricova winery chief who testified to the vineyard destruction of Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1951–2020