Memorial to Victims of Stalinist Repression

Train of Pain - The Memorial to Victims of Stalinist repression
Coordinates 47°01′32″N 28°49′39″E / 47.02562°N 28.82741°E / 47.02562; 28.82741Coordinates: 47°01′32″N 28°49′39″E / 47.02562°N 28.82741°E / 47.02562; 28.82741
Location Chişinău
Designer Iurie Platon
Length 12 metres (39 ft)
Height 2 metres (6.6 ft)
Beginning date 2012
Completion date 2013
Dedicated to Victims of Communism

The Train of Pain - Memorial to Victims of Stalinist Repression (Romanian: Trenul durerii - Monument în memoria victimelor represiunilor staliniste) is a monument in Chişinău, 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.

Temporary memorial

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ „Trenul durerii” pentru „duşmanii poporului”


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