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Anti-Soviet organization in the Moldavian SSR

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National Organization of Bessarabia "Arcașii lui Ștefan"
Abbreviation	Arcașii lui Ștefan
Formation	October 1945
Dissolved	23 March 1947
Type	anti-Soviet group
Location	Northeastern Bessarabia
Leader	Vasile Bătrânac
Volunteers	140 members

The National Organization of Bessarabia "Arcașii lui Ștefan" (Romanian:Organizația Națională din Basarabia "Arcașii lui Ștefan") was one of the organized anti-Soviet groups in Bessarabia right after World War II.

Activity

The National Organization of Bessarabia was formed in October 1945, on the territory of the former Soroca County by teachers Vasile Bătrânac, Victor Solovei, Nicolae Prăjină, Teodosie Guzun, and Anton Romașcan, as well as a student, Nichita Brumă. The organization took the name "Arcașii lui Ștefan" in October 1946; by March 1947, it had more than 140 members.

On 23 March 1947, Bătrânac was arrested by the NKVD secret police, who found a detailed list of the organization's members in his possession. Shortly after, all members, including the other leaders of "Arcașii lui Ștefan", were apprehended by the Soviet authorities. On 11 June, Bătrânac was sentenced to 25 years forced labor and sent to a camp in Siberia.

Gallery

Vasile Bătrânac

Bibliography

Ștefan Tudor, Organizația Națională din Basarabia "Arcașii lui Ștefan", Basarabia, 1992, nr. 9
Mitru Ghițiu, Unele aspecte din mișcarea de rezistență antisovietică în Basarabia postbelică, Analele Sighet 2, Instaurarea comunismului – între rezistență și represiune, Fundația Academia Civică, 1995
Ștefan Tudor, Vsia jizni v plenu, in Nezavisimaia Moldova, 15 September 1993
Ștefan Tudor, O.N.B. "Arcașii lui Ștefan" in Literatura și Arta, nr. 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26 1997, April–June
Mihail Ursachi, Organizația Națională din Basarabia Arcașii lui Ștefan: Amintiri, Muzeum
Elena Postică, Rezistența antisovietică în Basarabia. 1944–1950, Chișinău, 1997
Valeriu Pasat, Trudnâe stranițî istorii Moldovî. 1940–1950 (Pages difficiles d'histoire de la Moldavie), Moscova, Ed. Terra, 1994

External links

Notes

^ Dologa, Laurențiu (12 May 2012). "Arcașii lui Ștefan – Partizanii uitați de dincolo de Prut". Ziare.com (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), "Bătrânac, Vasile", Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (in Romanian), București: Editura Mașina de scris, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, archived from the original on 14 January 2020, retrieved 16 January 2021

v t e Anti-communism in Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (1940–1991)
Political entities	Moldavian Democratic Republic Moldavian ASSR Moldavian SSR Bukovina Governorate Transnistria Governorate
Events	Soviet occupation Soviet deportations Romania in World War II Fântâna Albă massacre Tatarka common graves Operation North 1989 Moldovan civil unrest Independence
Anti-Soviet organizations	Arcașii lui Ștefan Black Army Democratic Agrarian Party Freedom Party Democratic Union of Freedom Sabia Dreptății Vasile Lupu High School Group Vocea Basarabiei
Activists and dissidents	Alexandru Baltagă Filimon Bodiu Olimpiada Bodiu Gheorghe Briceag Ion Codreanu Nicolae Costin Anton Crihan Nicolae Dabija Mircea Druc Valeriu Gafencu Gheorghe Ghimpu Paul Goma Ion Hadîrcǎ Pan Halippa Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya Nicolae Lupan Dumitru Matcovschi Ion Moraru Vasile Odobescu Gherman Pântea Ion Pelivan Vadim Pirogan Isidor Sârbu Grigore Singurel Nichita Smochină Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr Ion Vasilenco Victor Zâmbrea
Persecutors	NKVD KGB Militsiya Securitate Nikita Salogor Ivan Bodiul Pyotr Grigoryevich Borodin
Organisations, places, events	Literatura și Arta Popular Front of Moldova Stephen the Great Monument Glasul Deșteptarea Memorial to Victims of Stalinist Repression Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation Muzeul Memoriei Neamului
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