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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. XII [XXVII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
ISSN 1857-0240
E-ISSN 2537-6330

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XII [XXVII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică

Chișinău, 2018

Researches


Михаил Видейко
Crises and early urbanization processes in Europe

Vasile Iarmulschi
Überlegungen zur Chronologie und Periodisierung den Siedlungen der Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca-Kultur

Liana Oţa
Sarmatian children graves in Wallachia and Moldavia

Papers and surveys


Оксана Вотякова
The industry of Layer II of the Korolevo site in Transcarpathia

Игорь Пиструил
Complex of flint tools from Zaliznichnoe site (based on materials collected in 1970)

Наталья Бурдо
Anthropomorphic figurines from early Bronze Age burial mounds in the Bug-Dnieper interfluves and the Dnieper area

Elena Izbitser
Bulls and Wagons: an “innovative” approach to representing archaeological data

Игорь Сапожников
The beginning of the study of Budjak burial mounds: historiography and cartography

Vasile Diaconu, Mariana Sîrbu
Uncommon practice of re-use of Bronze Age stone axes

Simina Margareta Stanc, Vasile Diaconu, Luminiţa Bejenaru
Animal Resources in the Economy of the Noua Culture (Bronze Age) Communities: case study on the settlement at Crasnaleuca (Botosani County, Romania)

Виктор Гребенников
Settlements, sites and hoards of the Steppe Pobuzhye of the Late Bronze Age (materials for the archaeological map)

Игорь Сапожников, Юрий Болтрик
Yagorlyk mounds near the Dniester: history of study, cartography and topography

Eugen Uşurelu, Andrei Nicic
Findings of metal objects of the Bronze and Iron Ages on the territory of the Republic of Moldova

Роман Зимовец, Сергей Скорый, Виталий Окатенко
Bronze matrix from Bilsk forthill: about Central Asian motifs in early Scythian animal style of Northern Black Sea Cost

Octavian Munteanu, Nicolae Batog, Valeriu Prohniţchi
The Getic defensive system of Butuceni-West: details regarding the West No. 2 defensive line trajectory

Денис Бондаренко
The Viktorоvka-I settlement of the Late Archaic time

Sergiu Matveev, Ana Boldureanu
A bronze Macedonian coin from the village of Tudora (Ştefan Vodă District)

George-Dan Hânceanu
Les Bastarnes de Roşiori. Les résultats de la campagne archéologique de l’année 2016

Ion Tentiuc, Valeriu Bubulici
An incineration burial in metal urn (2nd-3rd c. AD) discovered at Iagorlîc, Dubăsari

Vlad D. Ghimpu
Canonical rules and the actual orientation of altars in early Christian churches. Ancient and early medieval places of worship in Romanian lands

Михаил Веревкин, Юрий Пятницкий
On the Issues of the Technical Examination of Oriental Silver in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum

Звездана Доде
Parts of the Female Costume from a Golden Horde Grave of the Tingutinsky I Kurgan Cemetery. Conservation and preliminary conclusions

Игорь Прохненко, Мария Жиленко
Knight’s tombstone from Korolevo castle of Nyaláb

Дмитрий Янов
The hoard of coins of 15th-16th centuries from the collection of Local Lore Museum in Vylkove

Алексей Фурасьев
“The Great Migration Period” – a new exhibition in the State Hermitage Museum

Paper and book review


Mihail Băţ
Г.И. Смирнова, М.Ю. Вахтина, М.Т. Кашуба, Е.Г. Старкова, Городище Немиров на реке Южный Буг. По материалам раскопок в XX веке из коллекций Государственного Эрмитажа и Научного архива ИИМК РАН. Приложения: К.Б. Калинина, А. Закосьцельна, М. Кершнер и Х. Моммзен, С.В. Хаврин, Санкт-Петербург: Невская книжная типография, 2018, 336 с. ISBN: 978-5-9909872-2-7

Homage


Dan Matei
Profesorul Mihai Bărbulescu

 



 

 

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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