Citizenship Moldova Role Historian Name Gheorghe Cojocaru | Title Professor of History Occupation Historian | |
Born 8 February 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-02-08 ) Alma mater Moldova State University Known for head of the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova Notable work The Comintern and the Origins of Moldovanism Employer Academy of Sciences of Moldova | ||
Education Moldova State University | ||
Gheorghe E. Cojocaru (born 8 February 1963) is a historian from the Republic of Moldova.
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Biography
Gheorghe E. Cojocaru was born on 8 February 1963. He graduate from Moldova State University in 1986 and got a PhD from University of Bucharest in 1996. Cojocaru is a scientific researcher and coordinator with the Institute of History, State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He was the editor of Arena Politicii magazine (1996–1998). Cojocaru has been a political commentator for Radio Free Europe since 1998. He has written several books and articles related to politics and history of Moldova.
Gheorghe E. Cojocaru is also Chair of the Commission for the study and analysis of the totalitarian communist regime in Republic of Moldova, designated by Presidential Decree signed by the Acting President of Moldova, Mihai Ghimpu.
The Comintern and the Origins of Moldovanism
His book The Comintern and the Origins of Moldovanism (Chişinău, 2009) chronologically presents yet-unpublished documents of the Comintern which functioned in Moscow, and were discovered by the author in the Comintern archives in Moscow, Kiev, Bucharest and Chişinău. The documents, which date back to the 1924-1928 period, were translated from Russian and argue the Soviet-type construction of the concept of "Moldovanism" and its inoculation among the population of Bessarabia, through the creation of the Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924.
The book was launched on 4 December 2009 at the National History Museum of Moldova in Chişinău. At the launch of the book, Alexandru Moşanu said:
On 22 January 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania) launched the book in Bucharest. At the launch of the book, the Foreign Minister of Romania Teodor Baconschi said:
List of works
The following is a list of works that were published: