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The Chișinău Diocesan Girls' School opened its doors on May 3, 1864, addressing a pressing need: in Bessarabia there were no institutions dedicated to the education of clergy's daughters. According to the 1864 circular, teaching was conducted in the Romanian language, a provision applied throughout the diocese. The school's first headmistress was Anastasia Rizo, of noble origin, invited by Archbishop Antonie.

The curriculum, approved by the Ministry of Public Education and the Chișinău Diocese, combined theoretical subjects with practical training. Students studied religion, reading and writing in Romanian, Slavonic, and Russian, arithmetic and exercises in calculation, world history and geography. The program was complemented by church singing and practical skills such as sewing, embroidery, knitting, as well as household management - baking bread and prosphora, preparing meals and preserves, caring for livestock, and cultivating gardens.

The composite, taken in 1911 at the studio of Z. N. Sumovski in Chișinău, depicts 29 graduates and 13 teachers. At the center are portraits of Bishop Serafim (Ciciagov), headmistress N. R. Mihelson, teacher V. E. Bejerian, and priests F. Ghiliarov and P. Jurikas. Among the teaching staff was Paraskovia Vasilievna Cuciurenko, a calligraphy teacher for 37 years, who in 1911 became senior educator and assistant headmistress. For her dedication, she was awarded the gold medal "For Long Service."

On the reverse of the vignette is a label from the store and workshop of frames, paintings, mirrors, and window glass owned by A. D. Kon'gova, Chișinău, Gogol Street no. 37, near the State Bank.

This graduation composite was donated at the end of 2025 to the National Museum of History of Moldova by the Dadiștian family from Drochia.



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Publications Journal „Tyragetia"


Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. IV [XIX], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
ISSN 1857-0240
E-ISSN 2537-6330

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. IV [XIX], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie

Chișinău, 2010

I. Researches


Vasile Mărculeț
Quelques considerations sur les relations politiques entre la Moldavie et la Venise en 15e siècle et le début du 16e siècle

Dinu Poștarencu
The Bessarabian aristocrats Dicescu

Maria Danilov
Diffusion of imperial press in Bessarabia and censorship institutions

Elena Ploșnița
Some facts regarding memorial valorification of family house Lazo from Piatra, Orhei

II. Papers and surveys


Vlad D. Ghimpu
Romanian mentions in North-Western Russia in the 11th-16th centuries (preliminary research)

Silvia Barcari
Some historiographic aspects regarding the commercial activity of Genoese east of Carpathians and Danube mouth (end of 13th- first half of 14th centuries)

Ion Eremia
Some considerations related to the borders of the Principality of Moldavia in the second half of 14th century – Pocutsia and Colomeea

Ion Eremia
”One of forty sobols” – bag of sobols that included 40 sables?

Mihai Onilă
The population of Morozeni village, Orhei county (end of 15th - beginning of 19th century)

Lilia Zabolotnaia
Some notes about Branković dynasty

Adelaida Chiroșca
Medieval coins discovered at Soroca fortress

Ştefan Lupan
About the library of count Alexandru Sturdza

Valentin Tomuleț, Cristina Gherasim
Some considerations on factors that generated mentality shifts of the landlords in Bessarabia under tsarist domination (1812-1817)

Andrei Emilciuc
The role of grain exports in external commerce of Bessarabia (1812-1830)

Valentin Tomuleț
The establishment of special administration of city Ismail and its role in the evolution of commercial bourgeoisie (1830-1853)

Valentin Tomuleț, Alexandru Bordian
Priority directions in trade and customs policy of tsarism in Bessarabia in the first third of the 19th century

Alina Felea
Some data about the descendants of Manuc Bey (19th century - beginning of 20th century)

Tatiana Chicaroș
School of exact science activity in Chișinău in period of 1873-1918

Ana Grițco
A drugstore of old times Chișinău (end of 19th – beginning of 20th centuries)

Vera Serjant
Advertising factories, plants and warehouses in Bessarabian press (end of 19th - beginning of 20th centuries)

Andrei Emilciuc
The preoccupations of Bessarabia’s Zemstva regarding the commercial navigation on Dniester River (1869-1914)

Vera Serjant
The role of Bessarabian Zemstva in opening the school of viticulture and winemaking from Saharna

Ana Grițco
Constantin F. Cazimir’s activity within the Bessarabian zemstva

Diana Cașu
Sovietization of Bessarabia and policy toward women (1944-1945): the creation of Women’s Assemblies

Elena Postică
Lawsuits initiated against participants of resistance movement from postwar Moldova

Vera Stăvilă
The National Theater „Vasile Alecsandri” from Bălți: historical retrospective

Ольга Щипакина
Data about several biggest air crushes from the history of civil aviation

Liliana Condraticova
L’activité des orfévres de Moldova pendant les années ’70-’80 du XX-ém siécle (l’activité de la Fabrique de Bijoux de Chișinău)

Octavian Zelinski
L’impact de la transition dans l’agriculture sur la façon de vie et la perception des réalités sociales par la population rurale (les résultats d’une recherche effectuée dans le district Anenii Noi)

Gheorghe Postică, Iulia Postică
Considerations regarding the museum policies within the complex Orheiul Vechi and future perspectives

Lucia Marinescu-Tonu
Museum institution in the „globalization trap”

Iulia Postică
Rediscovering The Lost World of Old Europe

III. Paper and book review


Ion Eremia
Mihai Maxim, Noi documente turcești privind Ţările Române și Înalta Poartă (1526-1602), Brăila, Editura Istros, 2008, 341 p.

Maria Danilov
Ştefan Plugaru, Teodor Candu, Episcopia Hușilor și Basarabia (1598-1949). Editura PIM, Iași, 2009, 360 p.

Gheorghe Postică
Elena Ploșnița, Concepte muzeografice cu profil de istorie: retrospectivă și perspectivă. Biblioteca "Tyragetia", Chișinău, 2008, 248p.




 

 

Independent Moldova
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Bessarabia and MASSR between the Two World Wars
Bessarabia and Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the Period between the Two World Wars
Revival of National Movement
Time of Reforms and their Consequences
Abolition of Autonomy. Bessarabia – a New Tsarist Colony
Period of Relative Autonomy of Bessarabia within the Russian Empire
Phanariot Regime
Golden Age of the Romanian Culture
Struggle for Maintaining of Independence of Moldova
Formation of Independent Medieval State of Moldova
Era of the
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Early Middle Ages
Iron Age and Antiquity
Bronze Age
Aeneolithic Age
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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.
©2006-2026 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC

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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.
©2006-2026 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC