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This year we commemorate 350 years since the birth and 300 years since the death of Dimitrie Cantemir (October 26, 1673 - August 21, 1723), the most famous Romanian humanist thinker and also the author of the first original Romanian philosophical works.

Dimitrie Cantemir represents one of the highest peaks of thought of his time, in all areas that his genius touched - in historiography, geography, philosophy, he opened up new perspectives for development. The great scholar was well acquainted with the Muslim environment, speaking, in addition to Western, also Eastern languages (Turkish, Persian and Arabic), and also had extensive knowledge in the fields of logic, medicine, natural sciences, astronomy and music. This well-educated Christian beyzade, being a born diplomat, won the trust of Sultan Ahmed III, who favorably allowed him to familiarize himself with the documents of imperial history that Cantemir used in working on his famous work "The Growth and Decay of the Ottoman Empire", which still remains a reference publication in a specialized bibliography.

The National Museum of History of Moldova possesses a German edition of this work, published in Hamburg in 1745. This edition is an impressive volume of 863 pages, accompanied by a preface in German by the editor, containing words of praise and appreciation: "... we consider that such a work of great significance must be known to the Germans in their mother tongue..."

Dimitrie Cantemir was the first scholar to show that the history of the Ottoman Empire divides into two parts. The first part that of growth, includes biographies of 19 sultans and ends around 1672, when the empire entered a new phase, that of political and military decline. Through this work, Cantemir tried to draw attention to the need for an alliance of European countries against Turkish expansion. At the same time, he praised certain aspects of the culture of the Turkish people.

Like "Description of Moldavia", "The Growth and Decay of the Ottoman Empire" enjoyed wide popularity in European countries. The work was first translated into Russian by Dmitry Grozin, but was not printed. After the death of Dimitrie Cantemir, thanks to his son Antiochus, who became the Russian ambassador in London and then in Paris, this fundamental writing of our scholar was translated and published in English (two volumes, 1734-1735, followed by a new edition in 1756) and in French (1743, in four small volumes). In 1745, the work was also published in German. It was read, highly valued and used in their writings by Voltaire, Byron, Victor Hugo and others. This is the first treatise that addresses the issue of Ottoman power and the multicultural nature of the empire. Work on it began during the author's stay in the Ottoman Empire, resumed after 1711, and finished in 1717. This writing brought him European fame and placed him among the great scholars of the time.

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Publications Journal „Tyragetia"


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

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XIII [XXVIII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie

Chişinău, 2019

Researches


Игорь Сапожников
The Ottoman Tatarbunary Fortress of the 17th-18th centuries: historical and topographical outline

Valentin Tomuleţ
The influence of external factors on the demographic changes in Khotyn County in the second half of the 18th - the first half of the 19th century (some generalizations about the monograph dedicated to Khotyn County)

Papers and surveys


Vasile Mărculeţ
The Vlach-Bulgarian anti-Byzantine Rebellion. Second Phase (Autumn 1186 - Autumn 1187)

Jerzy Sperka
Few remarks on relations between Wladislaus of Opole and Moldova and Wallachia

Victoria Cojocaru
“Betrayal” of Bogdan Vodă and the beginnings of the Moldavian State

Katarzyna Niemczyk
Petru Rareş and Ludovico Gritti. The story about difficult relations between the ruler of Moldova and the Turkish spy in Hungary

Lilia Zabolotnaia
Testament of Moldavian princess Maria (Lupu) Radziwill from 1659

Nicolae Dudnicenco
Vegetable growing in the towns from Rzeczpospolita and Principality of Moldova in the XVI- XVII centuries

Costin Croitoru
Contributions to the history of the Romanian vocabulary: names of Polish coins that circulated in Moldova. I. Potronic

Виктор Цвиркун
Unknown pages of the biography of C.A. Cantemir

Anna Skowronek
Poles in Russian Bessarabia – stages and reasons for their inflow

Mihai Melnic
Several stamps of craft guilds of Bessarabia of the 19th century

Vazha Kiknadze
Mateusz Gralewski about 19th century Georgia

Andrei Emilciuc
Establishment and functioning of the public granaries in Bessarabia (1834-1856)

Gherghina Boda
Aron Densuşianu: “Memories and travel impressions” of Ţara Haţegului / the Country of Haţeg (the magazine Familia, 1865-1866)

Vasile Iucal
Exposing the myth: construction of the railway bridge across the Prut River in Ungheni

Krzysztof Nowak
Integration of reborn Poland and united Romania. Similarities and differences

Dmytro Bondarenko
Poland, Romania, Finland: the formation of cordon sanitaire, 1918-1920

Henryk Walczak
The issue of compensation for expropriated Polish citizens in Romania in relations between Warsaw and Bucharest in the interwar period

Elena Chiaburu
Removing and censoring books in communist Romania: Ion Ionescu de la Brad’s case

Nicolae Fuștei
Religious Communities of Evangelical Christian Baptists in the MSSR (1944-1965)

Silviu Andrieş-Tabac
The new heraldic symbols of the towns of Criuleni, Glodeni, Străşeni

Борис Дудочкин
The History of Restoration of an Iconostasis by Andrey Rublev and the monk Daniel in the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity Sergius Lavra

Emanuela Cernea, Adelaida Chiroşca
Remade icon from the collections of the National Museum of Art of Romania

Anatolie Povestca
The Polish medal in the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Ana Griţco
The history of making the Great Union on an illustrated postcard

Vera Serjant
Testimonies about the noble family Leviţki (Lewicki) in the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Elena Postică
Documentary photography exhibition “War after the War”

Elena Ploşniţa
Principles of the ICOM Code of Ethics and some issues of professional ethics in the museum system of the Republic of Moldova

Paper and book review


Игорь Сапожников
Андрій Красножон, Фортеці та міста Північно-Західного Причорномор’я (ХV-XVIII ст.). Одеса: Чорномор’я, 2018, 312 c. ISBN: 978-966-555-313-7

Yuri Pyatnitsky
Maria Vassilaki, Working Drawings of Icon Painters after the Fall of Constantinople. The Andreas Xyngopoulos Portfolio at the Benaki Museum. Athens, 2015, 453 p. $ 45. 400 copies in English and 400 copies in Greek. Produced by Peak Publishing and printed by Baxas S.A. for the A.G. Leventis Foundation, the A.G. Leventis Gallery and the Benaki Museum. ISBN 978-9963- 732-09-8 (A.G. Leventis Foundation, A.G. Leventis Gallery). ISBN 978-960-476-168-5 (Benaki Museum)

Lilia Zabolotnaia
Ştefan Lemny, Dimitrie Cantemir, un principe român în zorile Luminilor europene. A Romanian prince at the dawn of the European enlightenment. Un prince roumain à l’aube des Lumières européennes. Bucureşti: Editura Institutului Cultural Român, 2019, 186 p. + 59 ilustraţii. ISBN 978-973-577-737-1

In memoriam


Silvia Grossu
Mă doare aşa de tare somnul ei!

Lucia Marinescu
In memoriam Mihai Onilă

 



 

 

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#Exhibit of the Month

This year we commemorate 350 years since the birth and 300 years since the death of Dimitrie Cantemir (October 26, 1673 - August 21, 1723), the most famous Romanian humanist thinker and also the author of the first original Romanian philosophical works.Dimitrie Cantemir represents one of the highest peaks of thought of his time, in all areas that his genius touched - in historiography, geography, philosophy, he opened up new perspectives for development...

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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.
©2006-2023 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.
©2006-2023 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