High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Gherman V. P ntea (Romanian pronunciation: surname also spelled P ntea; Russian: German Vasil'evich Pyntya, German Vasilievich Pyntya; Ukrainian: German Vasil'ovich Pintya, Herman Vasilyovich Pyntya or Pintia; May 13, 1894 - February 1, 1968) was a Bessarabian-born soldier, civil servant and political figure, active in the Russian Empire and Romania. As an officer of the Imperial Russian Army during most of World War I, he helped organize the committees of Bessarabian soldiers, oscillating between loyalty to the Russian Provisional Government and the cause of Bessarabian emancipation. P ntea was subsequently Military Director of the Moldavian Democratic Republic, answering to President Ion Inculeţ. He personally created a Bessarabian defense force, tasked with combating Bolshevik subversion and Russian intimidation, but faced defeat after the October Revolution.
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