Historiographical thoughts over the particularities of the Russian and Moldavian administrative system at the beginning of the 19th century
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. II [XVII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
The made investigation had the purpose reflect through the historical graphical sources the impact of foreign governing in Basarabia at the beginning of the XIXth century, and models of tsar administrative system for Basarabia region. During the investigation process the author has relayed on the historical graphical analysis and the com- parison of the situation of internal administrative system in the Country of Moldova as well as in the Russian Empire at beginning of the XIXth century.
By setting the evolution factors of a state organization form applied in the territories with heterogeneous population after the territorial conquests, it has been intended to reevaluate the effects created after such situations and the continuation of that big foreign administrative experience that would substitute the traditional system of Basarabia. The historical graphical reevaluation of tsar administrative activity from Basarabia certifies the fact that this foreign administrative practice in the area between Prut and Nistru at the beginning of the XIXth century had a negative influence on the beginning on the traditional model of local governing.
This fact is due to the methods used by the tsar authorities for the intensification of the process of implementation of its governing system in Basarabia region, and especially to the imperfection that was characteristic for Russian absolutism in that time.
The item is the lower part of a leg of a festive table made of white and gray marble. In the upper part, it has a protrusion, similar to a Doric capital, on the horizontal platform of which a square recess is engraved, designed to fix the second part of the leg (upper). The lower part of the leg is made in an anthropomorphic style, and, in our opinion, there are two variants of identifying the depicted character...
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The item is the lower part of a leg of a festive table made of white and gray marble. In the upper part, it has a protrusion, similar to a Doric capital, on the horizontal platform of which a square recess is engraved, designed to fix the second part of the leg (upper). The lower part of the leg is made in an anthropomorphic style, and, in our opinion, there are two variants of identifying the depicted character. The first involves the image of the head of the young Heracles (Heracles - Ἡρακλῆς) (beardless), the most favorite hero of antiquity, wearing on his head the skin of the Nemean lion - Λέων της Νεμέας, a vicious monster from Greek mythology who lived in Nemea and was eventually killed by Heracles. The first labor of Heracles, of the twelve set by King Eurystheus (his cousin), was to kill the Nemean lion and bring his skin to the king. It is also known from Greek mythology that the lion of Nemea took the form of a beautiful woman in order to seduce the inhabitants of neighboring villages, who wanted to save the girl from danger. Upon entering the cave, a man saw the woman, who usually pretended to be wounded, and rushed to help her. When he approached her, the woman turned into a lion and killed him. Then the lion devoured the man, giving his bones to Hades - ᾍδης, the god of Hell, who lived in the kingdom of shadows. The second version of the anthropomorphic image interpretation suggests Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia in the second half of the 4th century BC, one of the most famous heroes of the Greek world, who sometimes is depicted as Hercules - wearing a lion's skin. Some researchers consider the custom of wearing the skin of a slain lion a sign of royal power. The word βασιλεύς itself, translated from ancient Greek, means "walking the path of the lion", that is, the king. This title was held by the Greek kings from the Homeric period, and later, starting from the 7th century AD - by the Byzantine emperors.
