Gheorghe Negru
Gheorghe Negru is a historian and scholar from the Republic of Moldova, known for his research on the history of Bessarabia, Romanian–Soviet relations, and ethnolinguistic policy during the Soviet period. He is the author of numerous academic studies and articles, as well as significant works on national identity and the historical and political transformations in the Prut–Dniester region.
He is married to historian Elena Negru.
Biography and career
Gheorghe Negru was born in 1955. He serves as a coordinating scientific researcher in the Department of Modern History at the Institute of History of Moldova State University. His academic work has focused particularly on the period of the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and its effects on local society, culture, and identity.He is the author of the book Politica etnolingvistică în R.S.S. Moldovenească, considered a reference work in the field, in which he analyses the impact of Soviet policy on the language and identity of the republic’s population.
Negru has also published several books and articles on the history of Romanians in Bessarabia, the processes of Russification and Soviet propaganda, as well as on contemporary topics related to geopolitics and national identity.