Liberation Day (Moldova)

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Moldovan SSR. On 23 August 1969, during the 25th anniversary of the offensive, a Liberation Monument at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova was opened (having been renovated three times: in 1975, 2014 and 2019.^[4]). In the neighboring Socialist Republic of Romania, Liberation Day was the main holiday of the state, growing in importance in the 70s.^[5]

russophiles. In 2006, the newly renovated Eternity Memorial Complex in Chișinău was opened on Liberation Day by Voronin.^[6] Generally, wreaths are annually laid at the Eternity Memorial Complex^[7] in Chișinău, during which the President of Moldova delivers a keynote address (sometimes delivered in both the Romanian and Russian languages) and presides over a march past by the Honor Guard Company of the Moldovan National Army.^[8]

Sergey Shoigu^[11] at the request of Moldovan Defence Minister Pavel Voicu.^[12][13][14] During the national ceremony at the Capul de pod Șerpeni Memorial Complex, Shoigu ceremonially handed to Voicu the military flags of two all-Moldovan regiments who participated in the offensive (the banners of the 14th Assault Engineering and Combat Brigade as well as the 507th Army Anti-Tank Kishinev Artillery Regiment), which until that point, were kept at the Central Armed Forces Museum.^[15] The visit was criticized by Prime minister Maia Sandu, who allowed the visit on the condition that no agreements are signed.^[16][17] Shoigu also attended separate ceremony in Transnistria hosted by the Operational Group of Russian Forces.^[18]

coronavirus pandemic in Moldova.^[19][20] A military parade on Great National Assembly Square was also planned for 24 August,^[21][22] which was later scrapped in July of that year.^[23]