ă ▁met ▁celebrated ▁novel ist ▁Mih ail ▁S ado ve anu , ▁who ▁was ▁later ▁the ▁Grand ▁Master ▁of ▁a ▁Fre em ason ry ▁branch . ▁There ▁was ▁mut ual ▁dis like ▁between ▁the ▁two : ▁Sm och in ă ▁accused ▁S ado ve anu ▁of ▁tra ff ick ing ▁Fre em ason ry ' s ▁services , ▁of ▁not ▁being ▁moved ▁by ▁the ▁fate ▁of ▁Trans n ist ria , ▁and ▁of ▁ultimately ▁destroy ing ▁other ▁M asons ▁who ▁crossed ▁his ▁path . ▁The ▁Trans n ist rian ▁activ ist ▁des pis ed ▁two ▁other ▁figures ▁from ▁Roman ia ' s ▁left - wing ▁Pop or an ist ▁camp , ▁Alexand ru ▁M î ță ▁and ▁fellow ▁Mason ▁G he org he ▁S tere , ▁both ▁of ▁whom ▁he ▁dep icted ▁as ▁un pr inci ple d ▁agents ▁of ▁B ols he v ism . ▁ ▁This ▁phase ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁Soviet ▁Trans n ist ria ' s ▁elev ation ▁in ▁administrative ▁status — that ▁is , ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁Mold av ian ▁A SS R ▁on ▁O blast ▁territory , ▁in ▁the ▁newly ▁proc laimed ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁Although ▁refuge es ▁were ▁convinced ▁that ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁was ▁" a ▁prison ▁of ▁the ▁pe op les ", ▁Sm och in ă ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁colle agues ▁gave ▁positive ▁review ▁to ▁the ▁move , ▁seeing ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁implicit ▁recognition ▁of ▁Mold av ian ▁( and ▁therefore ▁Roman ian ) ▁self - rule . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁debut ▁and ▁Paris