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Ion Moraru (9 March 1929 – 9 October 2019) was a Moldovan activist and author. He was a founder of the anti-Soviet group Sabia Dreptății and a political prisoner in the Soviet Union.

Ion Moraru
Born	(1929-03-09)9 March 1929 Mîndîc
Died	9 October 2019(2019-10-09) (aged 90) Bălți
Nationality	USSR, Moldova
Other names	Mos Ion de la Mândâc
Known for	Sabia Dreptății founder

Biography

Moraru was born in Mîndîc. Ion Moraru and Petre Lungu were the founders of Sabia Dreptății in Bălți. This anti-Soviet armed resistance group was active in Bălți during the Stalinist era. "Sabia Dreptății" was discovered by the NKVD in 1947, based at the Pedagogical Lycée (former Ion Creangă Lycée) in Bălţi.[1] For one year, Ion Moraru was imprisoned in the same camp at Ekibastuz with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.[2]

Ion Moraru later became a well-known anti-communist in Bessarabia (now the Republic of Moldova).

He was a member of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova).

Works

• Pustiirea, 2005
• Treptele infernului, 2007

Bibliography

• Elena Postică, "Sabia dreptăţii", în Ţara, 1995, 19, 26 ianuarie

References

External links

• Moş Ion de la Mândâc a împlinit 80
• Fostul deţinut politic Ion Moraru din satul Mândâc a lansat al doilea volum de memorii
• Organizatia anti-sovietica "Sabia Dreptatii"
• La Chisinau a fost lansata ieri cartea lui Ion Moraru "Pustiirea"

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