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.
Biography
Vadim Pirogan was born on 28 June 1921 in
Bălţi. His father
Ştefan Pirogan was
mayor of Bălţi (1923–1934). He attended
high school in
Bălţi, where
Eugen Coşeriu
Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to:
* Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923
* Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and p ...
,
Sergiu Grossu,
Valeriu Gafencu,
Ovidiu Creangă,
Valentin Mândâcanu 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 forced labour camp.
Vadim Pirogan married to Veronica in 1952. He graduated from Lviv Polytechnic. He used to live in Lviv, but in 1989 he moved in Chişinău. Vadim Pirogan founded the Muzeul Memoriei Neamului 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
See also
* Muzeul Memoriei Neamului
External links
Muzeul Memoriei Neamului
website
Notes
1921 births
Romanian people of Moldovan descent
2007 deaths
Moldovan writers
Moldovan male writers
People from Bălți
Lviv Polytechnic alumni
Soviet writers
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