November 7 revolution in Moldovan historians' eyes

Some of the post-Soviet countries that still have Communist Parties, including Moldova, celebrate the October Revolution on November 7. The laying of flowers at the monument to Vladimir Lenin, who led the revolution, generate negative reactions among those who consider on November 7, 1917 it wasn't a revolution, but a putsch that resulted in thousands of deaths over time. The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution, Red October or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917. It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd traditionally dated to October 25, 1917 Old Style, which corresponds to November 7.1917 New Style. Doctor of Historical Sciences Mariana S. Taranu, the author of the monograph “Vladimir Lenin without Make-up: terror of the Soviet intellectuality”, stated for Info-Prim Neo that the Red Guards took control of the Winter Palace in Petrograd without bloodshed and did not meet with resistance, while the inhabitants of the town found out about the event the second day from newspapers. “The official Soviet reports described the events much more dramatically than they had been in reality. Initially, the event was called the October Revolution or the Revolution on 25, but after 1927 it was called the Great October Socialist Revolution. Under the direct control of the official propaganda, there were made movies and written hundreds of thousands of artistic and 'scientific' works that described the fierce fighting near the Winter Palace,” Mariana S. Taranu said. University lecturer, Doctor of Sciences Leonid Tabara said yet that 93 years ago, Lenin started a real revolution that had a great impact on history. The historians have dissenting options about the impact of those events on the current territory of Moldova. “The uncertainty, terror, economic chaos and unstable political situation in Russia extended to the Romanian territory between the Prut and Nistru Rivers. The soldiers left the units, formed groups and robbed people. Immediate measures were necessary. The union with Romania was considered the most efficient solution for the people living between the two rivers,” Mariana S. Taranu said. Thus, on March 27, 1918, the People's Council and the Democratic Republic of Moldova adopted the Declaration of Union with Romania. However, Leonid Tabara believes the union was forced and deprived this territory of the right to self-determination. “Romania profited from the events taking place in Petrograd and annexed the Moldovan Democrat Republic, which was then renamed Bessarabia, for 22 years, until 1940,” he said. After the dismemberment of the Soviet Union, the historians in the former Communist countries presented the truth about the revolution as they became free from the constraints imposed by the anti-popular Bolshevik regime that was based on fear and terror, said Mariana S. Taranu.