In 1966, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin visit the city, attending a mass demonstration on the square. It marked the 500th anniversary of the city's establishment. On August 31, 1989, the adoption of the Romanian language as a state language occurred on the square. A 2018 rally supporting the reunification of Moldova and Romania was held on the square. In the run up to the 2020 Moldovan presidential election, an organization affiliated with President Igor Dodon, the Union of Officers of Moldova, occupied the square. Political activities On 15 May 2000, after the Government's initiative to abolish benefits for veterans of the Soviet–Afghan War, sympathizers went to Great National Assembly Square. Protests against President Vladimir Voronin took place on the square during the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests. Many mass events during the 2015–2016 protests in Moldova took place in the square. Gallery See also Red Square Victory Square, Minsk Maidan Nezalezhnosti Piața Constituției References Chișinău National squares