Gavril Ivanovici Buciuşcan (, 8 April 1889 in Isacova – 23 October 1937 in

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) was a

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n politician. He served as Member of the

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(1917–1918) and Commissar for Education of the

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. Buciuşcan was killed on 23 October 1937 in

, during the

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Works

* G. Buciuşcanu, Gramatica limbii moldoveneşti, Balta, 1925.

Bibliography

* Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, ''Sfatul Țării: itinerar'', Civitas, Chişinău, 1998, *Mihai Taşcă, ''Sfatul Țării şi actualele autorităţi locale'', "

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", no. 114 (849), June 27, 2008 (page 16)

External links

Arhiva pentru Sfatul Tarii

Deputaţii Sfatului Ţării şi Lavrenti Beria

Notes

1889 births 1937 deaths People from Orhei District People from Orgeyevsky Uyezd Moldovan MPs 1917–1918 Bessarabian Bolsheviks Politicians from the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Great Purge victims from the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic {{Romania-politician-stub