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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. XV [XXX], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
ISSN 1857-0240
E-ISSN 2537-6330

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XV [XXX], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie

Chişinău, 2021

Researches


Maria Trawińska
Les rudiments de Polonais ancien dans les registres de justice

Viorel Bolduma
Attempts of emigration of the population from Khotyn Uyezd to the Far East and Siberia in 1894-1900

Lucia Marinescu-Tonu
The interpretive dimension of museum exhibitions

Papers and surveys


Игорь Прохненко, Мария Жиленко, Виталий Калиниченко
The castles of Transcarpathia of the second half of 13th - first half of 14th centuries

Elena Arcuş-Jantovan
Russian coins in the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova (first half of the 18th century)

Виктор Цвиркун
Anna Cantacuzino-Sheremeteva: Unknown pages of biography

Olga Kladchenko
The Evidence of the Ottoman Period at the “Diluch” compound in Anapa

Valentin Tomuleţ
Mazils, rupts et routes dans la Principauté de Moldova (seconde moitié du 18e siècle - début du 19e siècle)

Valentin Tomuleţ, Adriana Butnaru
Références historiographiques concernant les relations commerciales de Bessarabie avec la Principauté de Moldavie (1812-1859)

Andrei Emilciuc
Export of livestock from Bessarabia to the Habsburg Empire (1812-1861)

Игорь Сапожников, Майя Кашуба
“We have the honor to declare that we’ve found a treasure”: Treasure hunters in the southern Bessarabia in the end of 19th c. - beginning of the 20th c.

Felicia Aneta Oarcea
Romanian Intellectual elite of the Great Union generation between nobility and oblivion. Highlights from Arad

Игорь Сапожников
Outlines on the cartography and ancient fortification of the area of the Danube crossing near Lake of Kartal

Alexandru Mitru
Romanian school after the war. 1918-1920

Nicolae Fuştei
Use of special services in the fight against religion

Лилия Заболотная
Dmitry Lazarevich Tumarkin: Labyrinths of Fate. Pages from the history of the outstanding medical dynasty of the Tumarkins

Сергей Пилипецкий
Maria Сebotari in the operas by W.A. Mozart

Liliana Rotaru
Establishment of the soviet higher education system in MSSR (1940-1941)

Александр Стыкалин
“This country in good hands could become a pearl ...” Romania of early summer of 1945 seen by the members of the delegation of the Soviet intelligentsia

Marius Tărîţă
The Communist Party staff education in Moldavian SSR (1953-1960)

Helena Krasowska
Polish speech in Bukovina – intangible cultural heritage

Лариса Додхудоева
Museums of the Tajikistan National Academy of Sciences

Elena Ploşniţa
The contribution of the scientist Teodor Porucic to the history of Bessarabian museography

Anatolie Povestca
Pistols and revolvers from the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova: from the 16th century to the beginning of World War II

Adelaida Chiroşca
The 18th century three-part folding icon from the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Ana Griţco
The founders of the modernization of Chisinau (second half of the 19th c. - early 20th c.). Documentary materials from the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Vera Serjant
Petru Ungurean – an outstanding figure in the field of viticulture and winemaking (on the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova)

Vera Stăvilă
Female images on Soviet posters from the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Silviu Andrieş-Tabac
Rural heraldic symbols adopted in the Republic of Moldova in 2018-2020

Paper and book review


Мария Осокина-Городецкая
Пятницкий Ю.А., Епископ Порфирий (Успенский) и его участие в экспедициях П.И. Севастьянова на Афон в 1858-1860 годах. Москва: «Индрик», 2020. 656 с., илл., ISBN: 9785916745009

 



 

 

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