The National Patriotic Front ( ro, Frontul Naţional Patriotic din Basarabia şi Nordul Bucovinei) was a clandestine

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in the

Moldovan 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 ...

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Between 1969 and 1971, the National Patriotic Front of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina was established by several young intellectuals in Chişinău, totalling over 100 members, vowing to fight for the establishment of a

Moldavian Democratic Republic The Moldavian Democratic Republic (MDR; ro, Republica Democratică Moldovenească, ), also known as the Moldavian Republic, was a state proclaimed on by the ''Sfatul Țării'' (National Council) of Bessarabia, elected in October–Novembe ...

, its secession from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and union with Romania. Among the party's members were Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr,

Valeriu Graur Valeriu Graur (23 December 1940, in Reni – 15 September 2012, in Bucharest, România) was a political dissident of Bessarabia, a member of the National Patriotic Front of Moldova. He was the son of a Romanian officer deported to Siberia. He was ...

Alexandru Şoltoianu Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu. Origin Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men" ...

Gheorghe Ghimpu Gheorghe Ghimpu (26 July 1937 – 13 November 2000) was a Moldovan politician and a political prisoner in the former Soviet Union and then in Moldova. Early life Ghimpu was born on 26 July 1937 in Colonița, a village in Bessarabia duri ...

, Nicolae Lupan, Tudor Basarabeanu, Nicolae Testemiţeanu,

Valeriu Gagiu Valeriu Gagiu (1 May 1938 – 21 December 2010) was a Soviet and Moldovan film director, producer and screenwriter. Biography Valeriu Gagiu was born on 1 May 1938 in Chișinău. He started his creative activity as a poet and journalist. In ...

Mihai Cimpoi Mihai Cimpoi (born 3 September 1942, Larga, Hotin County) is a Moldovan politician, a distinguished cultural scientist, Romanian academician, critic and literary historian, eminescologist, literary editor and Bessarabian essayist. ''"Emeritus of ...

Mircea Druc Mircea Druc (born 25 July 1941, in Pociumbăuți, Rîșcani District) is a Moldovan and Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Moldova between 26 May 1990 and 22 May 1991. He was appointed as Prime Minister after the opposition wal ...

, Anatol Corobceanu,

Vasile Topală The male name Vasile is of Greek origin and means "King". Vasile is a male Romanian given name or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Basil. As a given name As a surname *Cristian Vasile (1908–1985), Romanian tango-romance sin ...

. In December 1971, following an informative note from Ion Stănescu, the President of the Council of State Security of the

Romanian Socialist Republic The Socialist Republic of Romania ( ro, Republica Socialistă România, RSR) was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989. From 1947 to 1965, the state was known as the Romanian People ...

, to

Yuri Andropov Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (– 9 February 1984) was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year rule, Andropov served in the po ...

, the chief of

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

, Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr as well as

, and

were arrested and sentenced in 1972 to four to seven years in prison, followed by forced settlement. Alexandru Şoltoianu was released only in 1988. Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr was condemned to seven years in prison and five years of forced residence.Unionişti basarabeni, turnaţi de Securitate la KGB

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Image:Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgar.jpg, Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr Image:Alexandru Soltoianu.jpg,

Image:Gheorghe Ghimpu.jpg,

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Clandestine groups Political parties established in 1969 Political parties disestablished in 1971 Defunct political parties in Moldova Popular fronts Pro-independence parties in the Soviet Union Romanian nationalism in Moldova Anti-communist parties {{Moldova-party-stub

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