the active propagandist of idea in creation of moldavian autonomy on territory of ukrainian transnistria was russian revolutionary and a native of bessarabia grigory kotovsky (a member of the all-russian central executive committee). in february 1924, a memorandum directed to the central committee of the russian communist party (bolshevik) and the central committee of the communist party (bolshevik) of ukraine and signed by grigory kotovsky, bădulescu alexandru, pavel tcacenco, solomon tinkelman (timov), alexandru nicolau, alter zalic, ion dic dicescu (also known as isidor cantor), theodor diamandescu, teodor chioran, and vladimir popovici, all signatories being bolshevik activists (several of them from bucharest). the memorandum emphasized on the fact that on the left bank of dniester compactly live from 500,000 to 800,000 moldavians and that creation of moldavian republic would play a role of powerful political and propaganda factor in solving the "bessarabian question".