Mîndrești
Mîndrești is a commune in Teleneşti District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Codru and Mîndrești.Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
. Bodiu was killed in fighting on November 16, 1950, during a fight with the authorities. His child was killed in the fighting, but his wife, Olimpiada Bodiu, was taken as prisoner.
The leader of the anti-Soviet resistance group
Although Filimon Bodiu's group was composed of only 8–10 people, the social network was quite large. According to the archives over 50 families have sheltered and supported him, and were described as " terrorist" by the Stalinist security organs. The crosscheck documents research allowed historians to conclude that the group's activity did not have"
robbery
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and
murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...
" purposes, as stipulated by the sentences passed to members and supporters of the group. Neither the peasants who supported him would perceive the group's activity as criminal. At first, this group was aimed at
propaganda
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only.
Bodiu organized "meetings with the peasants" at homes of some of the participants, where he spoke of the danger of
Sovietisation
Sovietization (russian: Советизация) is the adoption of a political system based on the model of soviets (workers' councils) or the adoption of a way of life, mentality, and culture modelled after the Soviet Union. This often included ...
and forced collectivization. The authorities considered these actions as "criminal terror". Another "terrorist" method according to the authorities were intimidation letters addressed to the officials. By these letters, in authoritarian language, Bodiu requested not to rob the peasants anymore and to respect their religious feelings. The group fighting methods became aggressive when the prosecution bodies had tried to arrest Filimon Bodiu. The murders committed by the group members, the majority being self-defense cases, however, allowed the Soviet Security Services to make a list of „criminal terrorist actions”.
Death
On November 16, 1950 Filimon, Olimpiada, Ion, and Iulia Bodiu were hiding in
Mîndrești
Mîndrești is a commune in Teleneşti District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Codru and Mîndrești.Ministry of State Security with the help of a former contact person of the group. The commander of the MSS unit demanded to capitulate. Bodiu refused and engaged instead in a hopeless battle. Filimon and Ion died in a shootout, but managed to cover Iulia's escape, whose father ordered her to flee. Olimpiada was seriously injured and arrested.Grupul de rezistență anticomunistă condus de Filimon Bodiu (III) /ref>
Bibliography
* Țurcanu, Ion, ''Rezistența anticomunistă din Basarabia. Grupul Filimon Bodiu, 1946–1950'', AT, nr. 2/1995.
* Elena Postică, ''Rezistența antisovietică în Basarabia, 1944–1950'', Chișinău, Ed. Știința, 1997.
* I. Țurcanu, E. Postică, V. Boldișor, ''Lupta antisovietică și anticomunistă a grupării lui Filimon Bodiu'', Literatura şi Arta, 1995, 6 iulie.
* Pasat, Valeriu, ''Trudnâe stranițî istorii Moldovî. 1940–1950 ocumente(Pages difficiles d'histoire de la Moldavie)'', Moscova, Ed. Terra, 1994, p. 356