Postică Elena
Main achievement
He has published over 30 studies and scientific articles, particularly addressing topics that were forbidden during the Soviet period, such as the situation in Bessarabia in the first months after the Union of 1918, the fates of the Sfatul Țării deputies, Stalinist repressions, post-war anti-Soviet resistance, etc.
About
Postică Elena is a historian from the Republic of Moldova, recognized in the field of historical sciences for her research dedicated to the totalitarian period and anti-Soviet resistance in Bessarabia. She graduated from the Moldova State University, Faculty of History, in 1976, and in 1998 obtained her doctorate in history, completing her studies at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences. Within her scientific activity, she has published over 30 studies and articles, addressing topics such as the situation in Bessarabia after the Great Union of 1918, the fate of the Sfatul Țării deputies and Stalinist repressions, as well as anti-communist resistance in the post-war period. Professionally, Postică Elena was the head of the Contemporary History Department at the National Museum of History of Moldova between 1989 and 2006, a role in which she coordinated the development of several memorial cartography projects for victims of communism. Subsequently, she became deputy director at the National Museum of History of Moldova, and in 2006 she took on the position of deputy director at the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova in Chisinau. She participated as a member of the Commission for the Study and Assessment of the Totalitarian Communist Regime in the Republic of Moldova, an body that played an essential role in recognizing and documenting the responsibility of the totalitarian communist regime. Among her editorial achievements are the volume "Anti-Soviet Resistance in Bessarabia. 1944–1950" and the coordination of the collection "The Book of Memory. Catalog of Victims of Communist Totalitarianism," which documented the biographies of thousands of Bessarabians persecuted during the Soviet period. In the public sphere, Postică Elena was awarded the "Meritul Civic" medal by the President of the Republic of Moldova in 2004, and in 2010 she was granted the honorary title of "Om emerit" (Distinguished Person), recognizing her contribution to the updating and re-signification of the country's historical past. Through research, museum initiatives, and participation in conferences and round tables dedicated to the victims of the "Sud" deportation operation and deportations from Bessarabia, she contributed to strengthening collective consciousness regarding communist totalitarianism and to promoting democratic and memorial values in Moldovan society.
