The 21 beads form part of a bronze hoard found in 2019 within a forested area close to the town of Nisporeni. Alongside the beads, the hoard included numerous bronze ornaments (2 Röschitz-Sanislău-type fibulae, 7 necklaces, 12 rings, 22 tubes, 23 bracelets, and approximately 80 appliqués), one coral bead and a pendant made from a wild animal's tooth. At present, the amber beads are preserved in the collections of the Muzeul Național de Istorie a Moldovei, while the remainder of the hoard is in the possession of a private collector. The hoard was discovered accidentally in a pit about 50 cm deep. The objects in this hoard are of Western origin, with known parallels in archaeological complexes from Poland, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia, and, to a lesser extent, in Romania. The presence of this bronze hoard on the territory of the Republic of Moldova illustrates the cultural dynamics of the region during the Early Iron Age and a fundamental shift in the vector of cultural influences from east to west. The amber bead strand comprises 16 whole beads and five fragmentary ones. They have an elongated biconical shape and vary in size. The beads are brown-reddish in color; their lengths range from 1.1 to 3.1 cm, widths from 0.6 to 1.4 cm, thicknesses from 0.6 to 1.1 cm, and the perforation diameter ranges between 0.2 and 0.3 cm. Amber beads appear in several bronze hoards dated to the Late Bronze Age in the eastern half of Slovakia and in Transdanubian Hungary. Parallels are also known from the Cioclovina Cave in Romania. With the onset of the Iron Age, amber items disappear from the Carpathian Basin for approximately 300 years, reappearing alongside the arrival of Scythian elements. The bronze hoard discovered at Nisporeni is dated to the HaA2-HaB1-2 interval (1050/1000 - 800/750 B.C.).
The magazine „Kishinyovskie Eparkhial′nye Vedomosti" („Chisinau Diocesan Journal") as a means of advertising (1867-1917)
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VIII [XXIII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
The topic of this article relates to the area of advertising. It reflects the implementation of advertising in the official religious magazines; in this case we are talking about the magazine „Kishinyovskie Eparkhial′nye Vedomosti" („Chisinau Diocesan Journal"). This Bessarabian periodical was published for more than 50 years. Its publication was an important event in the spiritual life of the entire diocese and clergy. Advertisements were placed in the informal part of the publication. Investigation of the collection of magazines from the National Museum of History of Moldova led us to the conclusion that the first advertisements were devoted exclusively to publishing issues.
Commercial advertising appears towards the end of the 19th century. Its development was unstable, which led to its disappearance in recent years of edition. The role of advertising in the diocesan publication was modest and insignificant, as the church authorities have not seen the advertisement as a source of obtaining fi nance. However, the magazine performed advertising functions. There were published advertisements of Chisinau shopkeepers who traded church utensils, of iconographic workshops for painting icons and iconostases, tailoring establishments making church vestments. The list of advertisements includes a number of local companies that offered consumers - Bessarabian priests products and services related to everyday life.
List of illustrations:
1. Information on the cost of advertisements in the magazine „Kishinyovskie Eparkhial′nye Vedomosti" (KEV), published in no. 10, 1908. 2. Page from the index of advertisements for 1905, published in KEV no. 2, 1906. 3. Fragment of advertisement of F. Ivanov's church goods store, published in KEV no. 5-6, 1868. 4. Advertisement of S. Bolgarov's fretwork factory, published in KEV no. 22, 1871. 5. Advertising of E. Prokhorenko's iconostasis workshop, published in KEV no. 20, 1899. 6. Advertising of E. Shliomovich's book and stationery store „Education", published in KEV no. 19, 1900. 7. Advertising of A. Koenigschatz's warehouse of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, published in KEV no. 5, 1900. 8. Ad unit of N. Gozhanskaya's women's clinics with maternity, published in KEV no. 13, 1901. 9. Ad unit of N.O. Shakh's bookstore, published in KEV no. 5, 1904. 10. Advertising of D. Spynulov's church utensils store, published in KEV no. 12, 1904. 11. Advertising of E. Shliomovich's warehouse of agricultural machines and implements, published in KEV no. 5, 1904. 12. Ad unit of D. Kara-Stoyanov's church utensils store, published in KEV no. 4, 1904. 13. Advertising of I.A. Belotserkovsky's fur shop, published in KEV no. 16, 1899. 14. Advertising of the „Batalin and Prokhorenko" icon workshop, published in KEV no. 6, 1903. 15. Tea shop advertisement, published in KEV no. 20 for 1909. 16. Advertising of V.I. Vorobyova's musical instruments shop, published in KEV no. 34, 1907. 17. Ad unit of F.I. Molyavin's iconostasis workshop, published in the newspaper „Drug" („Friend") no. 15, 1914. 18. Advertising of G.V. Lavrov's icons and iconostasis workshop, published in the newspaper „Drug" („Friend") no. 81, 1914. 19. Advertisement of the iconostasis master K.A. Sidenko, published in the newspaper „Drug" („Friend") no.77, 1914.
Vera Serjant
Newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" and its role in the development of advertising in Bessarabia
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VI [XXI], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
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The exhibition "Advertisements in Bessarabia"
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. X [XXV], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
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V. Dokuchaev Commemorative Medal in the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XVI [XXXI], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
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The collection of Professor Gheorghe Rașcu from the holdings of the National Museum of History of Moldova as an important source on the history of education in interwar Bessarabia
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XVII [XXXII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
Vera Serjant
German porcelain from the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova: identification, typology, development
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XIX [XXXIV], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie, Chişinău, 2025
The 21 beads form part of a bronze hoard found in 2019 within a forested area close to the town of Nisporeni. Alongside the beads, the hoard included numerous bronze ornaments (2 Röschitz-Sanislău-type fibulae, 7 necklaces, 12 rings, 22 tubes, 23 bracelets, and approximately 80 appliqués), one coral bead and a pendant made from a wild animal's tooth...
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 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.
31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
