Vadim Pirogan (28 June 1921 in Bălţi – 16 January 2007 in Chişinău) was a

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 ...

n activist and author. He was the head of the Communist Regime Victims Association and a member of the

Moldovan Writers' Union The Writers' Union of Moldova () is a professional association of writers in Moldova. Mihai Cimpoi has been the president of the Writers' Union of Moldova since 1991. External links Uniunea Scriitorilor din Republica MoldovaC. Tănase Scris ...

Biography

Vadim Pirogan was born on 28 June 1921 in Bălţi. His father Ştefan Pirogan was

mayor of Bălţi In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

(1923–1934). He attended

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

in Bălţi, where Eugen Coşeriu,

Sergiu Grossu Sergiu Grossu (14 November 1920 in Cubolta – 25 July 2009 in Bucharest) was a Romanian writer and theologian. Biography Sergiu Grossu was born to Ion and Maria Grossu on 14 November 1920 in Cubolta. In 1927, his family moved to Bălţi, where ...

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Valentin Mândâcanu Valentin Mândâcanu (27 July 1930 – 29 October 2012) was a writer and politician from Republic of Moldova. Mândâcanu was a founder of the Democratic Movement of Moldova. He was elected in 1990 election and served as member of the Parliame ...

were his classmates Literatura şi Arta
Un apostol al Neamului Romвnesc
/ref> Vadim Pirogan was arrested on 25 June 1941 and for five years, he was imprisoned at

Tayshet Tayshet ( rus, Тайшет, p=tɐjˈʂɛt, lit. ''cold river'' in the Kott language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the obla ...

forced labour camp. Vadim Pirogan married to Veronica in 1952. He graduated from

Lviv Polytechnic Lviv Polytechnic National University ( ua, Націона́льний університе́т «Льві́вська політе́хніка») is the largest scientific university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since its foundation in 1816, it has bee ...

. He used to live in

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, but in 1989 he moved in Chişinău. Vadim Pirogan founded the

Muzeul Memoriei Neamului Muzeul Memoriei Neamului (Romanian language, Romanian; ''Museum of National Memory'') is a private museum in Chișinău, Moldova, dedicated to the victims of the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, and commemorating anti-commun ...

in 2002. He was the president of the Communist Regime Victims Association ( ro, Asociaţia Victimelor Regimului Communist si a Veteranilor de Razboi ai Armatei Romane din Republica Moldova) beginning in 1999.

Works

*Vadim Pirogan, Cu gandul la tine, Basarabia mea *Vadim Pirogan, Pe drumurile pribegiei *Vadim Pirogan, Timpuri si oameni *Vadim Pirogan and Boris Movila, Destine romanesti *Vadim Pirogan, Calvarul

External links

Muzeul Memoriei Neamului
website

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1921 births Romanian people of Moldovan descent 2007 deaths Moldovan writers Moldovan male writers People from Bălți Lviv Polytechnic alumni Soviet writers {{moldova-bio-stub

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