The Communist Party of Moldavia ( ro, Partidul Comunist al Moldovei, PCM;
Moldovan Cyrillic: Партидул Комунист ал Молдовей; russian: Коммунистическая партия Молдавии) was the ruling and the sole legal political party in the
Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...
, and one of the fifteen
republic-level parties that formed the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) until
the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
, it was the driving force of the
Moldovan resistance against
Axis occupation.
The party began to weaken politically during the
Perestroika period, which was marked by
riots against Soviet rule. The party leader,
Semion Grossu
Semion Grossu (born 18 March 1934, Satul Nou) is a Moldovan politician and businessman.
Biography
Grossu was born on 18 March 1934 in the commune of Satu-Nou, Cetatea Albă County, Kingdom of Romania (nowadays Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Uk ...
was replaced with
Petru Lucinschi
Petru Lucinschi (; born 27 January 1940) is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President (1997–2001).
Biography
Early life and education
Petru Lucinschi was born on 27 January 1940 in Rădulenii Vechi village, Soroca ...
on November 16, 1989.
On August 23, the Communist Party was banned; subsequently, on 27 August 1991 Moldova declared Independence and the
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...
came to an end. On 7 September 1993, the
Parliament of Moldova
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supreme representative body of the Republic of Moldova, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameral structure composed of 101 elected MPs on lists, for a period of 4 years. Parliamen ...
lifted the ban on communist activities.
First Secretaries
Aftermath
In 1993, former PCM members founded the
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova
The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Партидул Комуништилор дин Република Молдова, italic=no, Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova; russian: Партия коммунистов Р ...
(PCRM), which became the largest party in Moldova since the 2001 elections, and the ruling party from 2001 to 2009. In 2011 a group of communists led by the executive secretary of the old Communist Party of Moldova,
Igor Cucer
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, came to the public attention, claiming that they are the "real communists" and they want to revive the party (PCM) formally;
Partidul Comunist revine pe arena politică a Moldovei
. ipn.md they also stated that ''the PCRM has become a pseudo-Communist and liberal-bourgeois party serving the interests of one of the county’s richest men, Oleg Voronin
Oleg Voronin (born 4 November 1962) is a Moldovan businessman and the son of former Moldovan president Vladimir Voronin.
Biography
Oleg Voronin born on November 4, 1962, in Criuleni, then in the Moldovan SSR. He is the son of former Moldov ...
'', son of president of Moldova from 2001 to 2009 and leader of the PCRM Vladimir Voronin
Vladimir Voronin (; born 25 May 1941) is a Soviet and Moldovan politician. He was the third president of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He ...
. Cucer claimed then: "The PCRM's 8-year rule made the poor poorer and the rich richer".
The was created in 2010 to study and analyze the 1917–1991 period of the communist regime.
See also
* :Communist Party of Moldavia politicians
References
1940 establishments in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
1991 disestablishments in Moldova
Banned communist parties
Moldova
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Communist parties in Moldova
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Parties of one-party systems
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Political parties established in 1940
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