Memoria istorică a deportărilor din anul 1951 în satul Fetești, raionul Edineț, Republica Moldova

Abstract

In the system of testimonies collected in Fetești village, Edineț district, Republic of Moldova, related to the religious repressions, either within the chronological limits of the April 1951 deportations or sporadically, we can identify similarities based on chronotopic criteria, which were perceived differently based on the experiences of contact with the social and natural factor. The interviewees evoke the small town of Pyshkino-Troitsky, where the families of the deportees were placed, and this fact allowed some members from the same national or local communities to contact, to interact, facts mentioned otherwise. Identifying the possibilities of existence and adapting to the new socio-cultural context, along with the promotion of specific religious values, proof of strength and resistance through evaluation, represent other dimensions that were mirrored, because they were a continuous concern for repression on religious grounds. The article illustrates a sample of historical memorialism of a resident of Fetești village, Mrs. Irina Scutari, deported in Siberia with her family in 1951. The intention of the research is to illustrate some aspects of the traumatized experiences dictated by the Stalinist period, analyzed from a multiperspective view, respectively primary and secondary testimonies. This effort does not aim at self-victimization and the illustration of a destiny lived unwillingly, but aims to form a clearer picture of the relationships that dictated the respective historical course. The experiences of the deportations also generated attitudinal perspectives towards the Soviet regime, which persist today and which the research process must critically address.