Nichita Smochină, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nichita Smochină

Russian noble

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1894

Place of Birth: Corjova, Dubăsari District, Moldova

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1980

Profession: politician, historian, translator, human rights activist, linguist

Nationality: Moldova, Romania

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Nichita Smochină

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  • Smochina (Romanian pronunciation: [ni'kita smo'kin?], Russian and Moldovan Cyrillic: ?????? ???????, Nikita Smokine; also known as M.
  • Florin; March 14, 1894 – December 14, 1980) was a Transnistrian-born activist, scholar and political figure, especially noted for campaigning on behalf of ethnic Romanians in the Soviet Union.
  • He was first active in the Russian Empire, serving with distinction in World War I, then in the Ukrainian People's Republic, where he earned his reputation as a champion of Transnistrian Romanian interests.
  • An anti-communist, he narrowly escaped the Bolsheviks and crossed into Romania, which became his second home.
  • A protégé of historian Nicolae Iorga, Smochina earned his academic credentials and also made himself known internationally as an expert on minority rights.
  • Beginning in the 1920s, he contributed to historical research, ethnography and folkloristics, as well as jurisprudence. During most of World War II, Smochina backed the authoritarian regime of Ion Antonescu and paid service to Gheorghe Alexianu's Transnistria Governorate.
  • His scientific work included a recovery of pre-Bolshevik or anti-Russian Romanian folklore in Transnistria and beyond.
  • Such activities, along with his exposure of Soviet brutality, made him a wanted man once the communist regime took over in Romania.
  • He was eventually captured, sent to prison and deprived of his academic honors.
  • Partly reinstated by the late 1960s, he spent his final decades encouraging the second-generation communist authorities to take a firmer stand against controversial Soviet policies such as "Moldovenism".

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