Миф освобождения. Как Советский Союз оккупировал Бессарабию в 1940 году | Nokta History #2

The second episode of the Nokta History podcast. We talk with historian Octavian Țîcu about how the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia in 1940 impacted the Gagauz community. 00:00 Intro 00:56 What is this episode about? 03:27 Prerequisites for the first occupation of Bessarabia by the Soviet Union 04:03 The Soviet occupation created the preconditions for the construction of a new Gagauz identity 05:53 The myth of liberation - how the USSR occupied Romanian territories 07:03 Is it true that Romania gave up Bessarabia without resistance? 09:59 Romania began a holy war to reclaim Bessarabia 11:40 An ultimatum for Romania 12:49 The Soviet Union began repressions from the very first days 14:12 What happened after June 28, 1940 15:36 How the Soviet occupation of Romanian territories divided the Gagauz into different states 17:09 Which categories of people fell under Soviet repression 17:13 How the Soviet regime exterminated the members of the Sfatul Țării 18:19 The Soviets even exterminated Russian émigrés in Bessarabia 19:17 Ivdellag - where Gagauz victims of repression were exterminated 21:18 300,000 people disappeared from Bessarabia in one year 22:29 How the Gagauz were turned into Homo Sovieticus 25:25 How the parallel process of creating Soviet Gagauz and Soviet Moldovans took place 28:21 Svetlana Kapanzhi's research - stories of repressed Gagauz 29:35 Why the Soviet Union exterminated loyal Bessarabians as well 32:36 7 times the territory of Bessarabia passed from Romania to Russia 33:23 Nationalization and collectivization - how people in Gagauzia lost everything they had 34:11 How the Soviets destroyed churches in Gagauzia 37:28 How the Soviet Union's occupation of Bessarabia led to radicalization Romania 41:02 During what period did Romania fight against both the USSR and Germany? 42:38 The Soviet Union moved the center of the fight against Romania to Chisinau. Support the Nokta team: ➡️   / nokta   ➡️ https://nokta.md/podderzhat-nokta/ ✅ Follow us on the nokta website: https://nokta.md/​​ ✅ Follow Nokta on Facebook:   / ​​   ✅ Follow Nokta on Instagram:   / ​