Communist regime. In the previously mentioned interpellation, Panțîru claimed some 6,000 ethnic Romanians from the Moldavian SSR were deported to Central Asia on April 1, 1951. Legacy Association of former deportees and political detainees Memorial A memorial to the victims of Stalinist repression has been erected in Chișinău, close to Central Station, to commemorate the deportations. Gallery See also Vorkuta uprising Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova References Bibliography Victor Bârsan, Masacrul inocenților, Bucharest, 1993, pp. 18–19 Anton Antonov-Ovseenko, "The Time of Stalin", Harper and Row (in English) Johann Urwich-Ferry, "Ohne Passdurch die UdSSR", Editura "Gruparea Româno-Germană de studii", München, 1976–1978 (in German) "Fără pașaport prin URSS. Amintiri", Editura Eminescu, București, 1999 (in Romanian) Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina Deportation Bessarabia Political repression in the Soviet Union Political and cultural purges Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic History of Budjak History of Chernivtsi Oblast Romania in World War II Communism in Moldova Crimes against humanity