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A painter, sculptor, and local activist connected to the political and cultural elite of interwar Bessarabia, as well as being a disciple of Alexander Plămădeală and godson of Pan Halippa. A father of six children. Ion Bâtcă from Schinoasa was among the first arrested by the NKVD in 1941, after which he was never seen again. The “Guard Reporter” team has traced Ion Bâtcă’s footsteps, covering the route from Chișinău to Moscow, Kazan, and Verhnii Uslon-Sviajsk.