Pavel Parasca (born July 8, 1939) is a historian from the

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Biography

Pavel Parasca was born on July 8, 1939 in Brînzenii Vechi and graduated from the

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in 1967. Then he worked as redactor for "Enciclopedia RSS Moldovenesti" and teacher in

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(1967–1968, 1971–1972). He returned for good in Chişinău, where he had academic positions in the Facultatea de Istorie of

, Institutul de Istorie of

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, Facultatea de Stiinte Umanistice a ULIM. On June 18, 1989, Parasca Pavel Fiodorovici was a founder of the Association of Historians of Moldova ( ro, Asociaţia Istoricilor din Republica Moldova); he was director of the association for four years. Pavel Parasca is a member of the

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.165/14.01.2010 Decret privind constituirea Comisiei pentru studierea si aprecierea regimului comunist totalitar din Republica Moldova, Monitorul Oficial 5-7/3, 19.01.2010 The commission was instituted by the

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Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951) is a Moldovan politician who served as Speaker of Parliament and Acting President of Moldova from 2009 to 2010. He was member of Parliament of Moldova from 1990 to 1998 and from 2009 to 2019. Ghimpu held the ...

to investigate the Communist regime and provide a comprehensive report.

Works

* Pavel Parasca, ''La obarsia Mitropoliei Tarii Moldovei'', Chişinău: Prut International, 2002.

References

External links

Pavel Parasca, dr. habilitat in istorie, profesor universitar

Pavel Parasca

Preşedintele interimar al Republicii Moldova Mihai Ghimpu a emis un decret prezidenţial privind constituirea Comisiei pentru studierea şi aprecierea regimului comunist totalitar din Republica Moldova.Hundreds of thousands of cases to be examined by commission for combating Communism
* http://www.privesc.eu/?p=1884 - The first press conference of the Commission, Moldpress, January 18, 2010. Video. * https://web.archive.org/web/20100309165120/http://www.timpul.md/article/2010/01/18/5881 - interview with Gheorghe Cojocaru, president of the Commission.
Un moment istoric: Comisia de studiere a comunismului

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