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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. XVIII [XXXIII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
ISSN 1857-0240
E-ISSN 2537-6330

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XVIII [XXXIII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie

Chişinău, 2024

Researches


Ginel Lazăr
Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste with the Wallachian dynasty of Asen rulers’ burial place in the Haemus Mons. Political ideology and Orthodox tradition

Lucia Marinescu-Tonu
Creations of the House of Fabergé – between utility and refinement

Papers and surveys


Vasile Mărculeţ
Languages and translators used in conducting commercial transaction in Chilia in the mid-14th century according to Genovese notarial documents

Lilia Zabolotnaia
New documentary explorations in Cantemirology: The will of Matei Cantemir

Cătălina Chelcu
Ecclesiastical economy – one of the criminal justice grounds in Moldavia

Felicia Aneta Oarcea
Traces of some Romanian noble families in the collections of the Arad Museum Complex

Sergiu Boţolin
Integration of the Western Peripheries into the Russian Empire. The Elite Issue in the Period 1812-1828

Andrei Emilciuc
Personnel of the Danube quarantines in Bessarabia: dynamics, structure and wages (1812-1856)

Eugen-Tudor Sclifos
Romanian- Russian relations and the Bessarabian issue in the Romanian press (1877-1878)

Анастасия Гуцу
Russian historiography of the 19th - early 20th centuries about trade relations of Bessarabia with the Austrian Empire (1812-1867)

Игорь Сапожников, Ольга Айсфельд
Cartography and archeology of Snake Island at the end of the 18th century - beginning of the 20th century

Valentin Tomuleţ
A new attempt by peasants from the village of Tabani, Khotyn Uyezd, to resettle in the Amur region of the Russian Empire (July 3, 1902)

Cristina Păiuşan
Unpublished correspondence from the “Iorga-Pippidi” Collection: King Carol II and Nicolae Iorga

Andrei Nicolescu
The internal and international context of the Romanian-French military relations from 1930-1936

Ana Molcosean
Pages of the professional activity of the architect Etti Roza Spirer in Bălţi (1931-1939)

Eusebiu Narai
The Germans from the south of Banat, from the privileged to the pariah of society (1944-1948)

Nicolae Fuştei
The Catacomb Church

Maria Hadiji
Craşovenii – enclavă etnică în Banat

Monica Cîrstea
The story of Queen Marie of Romania translated in a cultural exercise

Vahagn Ayvazyan
Horomayr monastery: recent studies and discoveries

Mioara Burluşanu
On the establishment, development and promotion of the collection of old documents and books of the Argeş County Museum

Ana Maria Rusnac
The virtual museum as a necessary evolution in the current context of cultural heritage preservation

Elena Ploşniţa
In defense of a memorial museum

Amalia Daniela Nicoară
“The Blizzard” (“Viforul”) – 113 years since the theatrical premiere: photo-documentary presence in illustrated postcards

Elena Ploşniţa
Publisher A.F. Grekulov. Sketches for the portrait

Vera Serjant
Collection of Academician Anton Ablov from the holdings of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Adelaida Chiroşca
Image of the Savior in the icon collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova: Iconographic typology

Anatol Povestca
Anniversary exhibition “Academician Alexey Shchusev: Life and works. To the 150th anniversary of his birth”

Мария Евдокимова
Reflecting the history of education in Bessarabia by means of the exhibition “Educational heritage. Textbooks, photographs and school accessories from the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova”

Silviu Andrieş-Tabac
Territorial symbols registered in the General Armorial of the Republic of Moldova in 2023

Paper and book review


Lilia Zabolotnaia
Helena Krasowska, Polacy w naddniestrzu. Świadectwo zanikającego dziedzictwa (Poles in Transnistria. A testimony to a disappearing heritage). Wydawnictwo: Studium Europy Wschodniej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 2024, 350 str. ISBN 978-83-67208-22-2

 



 

 

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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
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Golden Age of the Romanian Culture
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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