Gheorghe E. Cojocaru (born 8 February 1963) is a historian from the

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Biography

Gheorghe E. Cojocaru was born on 8 February 1963. He graduate from

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in 1986 and got a PhD from University of Bucharest in 1996. Cojocaru is a scientific researcher and coordinator with the Institute of History, State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He was the editor of Arena Politicii magazine (1996–1998). Cojocaru has been a political commentator for Radio Free Europe since 1998. He has written several books and articles related to

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and history of Moldova. Gheorghe E. Cojocaru is also Chair of the Commission for the study and analysis of the totalitarian communist regime in Republic of Moldova, designated by

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Decree signed by the

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, Mihai Ghimpu.

Works

The Comintern and the Origins of Moldovanism

His book ''The Comintern and the Origins of Moldovanism'' (Chişinău, 2009) chronologically presents yet-unpublished documents of the

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which functioned in

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, and were discovered by the author in the Comintern archives in Moscow,

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and Chişinău. The documents, which date back to the 1924-1928 period, were translated from Russian and argue the

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-type construction of the concept of " Moldovanism" and its inoculation among the population of

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, through the creation of the Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924. The book was launched on 4 December 2009 at the National History Museum of Moldova in Chişinău. At the launch of the book,

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said: On 22 January 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania) launched the book in Bucharest. At the launch of the book, the Foreign Minister of Romania

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said:

List of works

The following is a list of works that were published: * Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, ''The Comintern and the Origins of Moldovanism'', Civitas, Chişinău, 2009. * Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, Tratatul de Uniune Sovietică, Editura "Civitas" 2006. * Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, Colapsul URSS și dilemma relațiilor româno-române, București: Editura Omega, 2001. * Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, Politica externa a Republicii Moldova he foreign policy of the Republic of Moldova Ed. a 2-a, rev. si adaugita. - Chişinău: Civitas, 2001. - 208 p., * Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, Politica externă a Republicii Moldova. Demersuri privind aplanarea conflictului transnistrean, CIVITAS, Chişinău 2001. * Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, 1989 la est de Prut, Prut Internaţional, Chişinău, 2001, Coordinator: Ion Negrei. * Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, ''Sfatul Țării: itinerar'', Civitas, Chişinău, 1998, * Gheorghe Cojocaru, Funeraliile URSS (Belovejskaia Puşcia, 1991).

Footnotes

External links

Biografia autorului Gheorghe Cojocaru

Moldovenismul ca instrument de desnaţionalizare

Institute for Development and Social Initiatives
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