Memorial to Victims of Stalinist Repression explained

Monument Name:	Train of Pain – The Memorial to Victims of Stalinist repression
Native Name:	Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Monumentul în memoria victimelor deportărilor regimului comunist
Location:	Chișinău
Designer:	Iurie Platon
Length:	12m (39feet)
Height:	2m (07feet)
Begin:	2012
Complete:	2013
Dedicated To:	Victims of Communism
Coordinates:	47.012°N 28.8585°W

The Train of Pain – Memorial to Victims of Stalinist Repression (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Trenul durerii – Monumentul în memoria victimelor deportărilor regimului comunist) is a monument in Chișinău, Moldova.^[1] A temporary stone was unveiled in 1990 in Central Station Square commemorating the 1940–1951 mass deportations in Soviet Moldavia.^[2] A permanent memorial was completed at the site in 2013. The sculptural element was assembled in Belarus.

See also

• Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation
• Soviet Occupation Day, Moldova

External links

• Victimele represiunilor regimului comunist-stalinist au participat la mitingul prilejuit de implinirea a 56 de ani de la deportarile comuniste din 6 iulie 1949
• Premierul Filat a depus flori la piatra de temelie a Monumentului victimelor represiunilor staliniste din scuarul Gării

Notes and References

1. http://m.protv.md/stiri/social/in-memoria-victimelor-regimului-stalinist.html In memoria victimelor regimului stalinist. Un monument al victimelor regimului stalinist va fi inaugurat la Chisinau pana la sfarsitul acestui an. Potrivit autoritatilor municipale, acesta va fi instalat in aleea Garii Feroviare.
2. http://www.zdg.md/editia-print/social/trenul-durerii-pentru-dusmanii-poporului „Trenul durerii” pentru „duşmanii poporului”