About Ion Moraru
Lived 1929 – 2019 (aged 90). Ion Moraru was a Moldovan and Russian politician, writer, political activist and political prisoner, known for Sabia Dreptății.
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.
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. For one year, Ion Moraru was imprisoned in the same camp at Ekibastuz with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
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
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Who was Ion Moraru?
Moldovan writer (1929-2019)
When was Ion Moraru born?
Ion Moraru was born on 9 March 1929 in Mîndîc, Romania.
When did Ion Moraru die?
Ion Moraru died on 9 October 2019 in Bălți.
What was Ion Moraru's occupation?
Ion Moraru was a politician, writer, political activist and political prisoner.
What was Ion Moraru known for?
Ion Moraru was known for Sabia Dreptății.
What nationality was Ion Moraru?
Ion Moraru was Moldovan and Russian.
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