Nicolae Bivol

Nicolae Bivol (1 June 1882 – 3 July 1940[citation needed]) was a Bessarabian politician, member of the Sfatul Țării between 1917 and 1918, and Mayor of Chișinău in two terms between 1923–1924 and 1925–1926.

[1] In 1902, he graduated from Chişinău Theological Seminary, where he was a colleague of Teodor Neaga; both would become MPs in the Country Council.

54/13 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR prohibited proactive fights against the working class and revolutionary activity.

However, during the investigations, unexpectedly, some of the workers of the swimming pool and his subordinates from the town hall testified in favor of Nicolae Bivol.

[2] On 9 November 1940 the preliminary investigation was completed, and the file was sent to Moscow for examination by the "Special troika" and application of punishment, regardless of witnesses statements.