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#Exhibit of the Month
It is a sports trophy obtained at an inter-school oina (a bat-and-ball game) competition in interwar Bessarabia. We don't know which schools participated in this competition, nor the venue, we only know that one of the winners received the second prize and that the event was held on May 13, 1934. In this way we learn about the existence of different sports competitions organized by schools, including the oina game. Oina is a beautiful and complex sports game that promotes the development of body and spirit, courage and the desire for self-improvement. Oina is a treasure of the Romanian people, which must be sacredly kept and passed on to future generations.

The oină or hoina game is considered a Romanian national sports game having a history of at least six centuries. The oina game is practiced continuously, according to the chronicles and deeds of the time at least from the 14th century, being mentioned for the first time in 1364, during the reign of Vlaicu Vodă. The game requires complex sports qualities (good running speed, fast reflexes in self-defense movements against the balls, accuracy in throwing and hitting the ball with a bat or stick). Oina is a sport that identifies us to the same extent as trânta, our national wrestling. The game becomes attractive among young people in the villages, enters the school curriculum through physical education lessons. Through the Education Reform of 1898, as well as through other ministerial decisions, Education Minister Spiru Haret introduces the compulsory oina lessons in all schools, as well as the annual oina competitions.

On May 9, 1899, in Bucharest, the first national oina championship was organized, the teams being made up of high school students. The winner was the team of Nicolae Bălcescu High School from Brăila.

In 1912, the Federation of the Romanian Sports Society (Bucharest) was created, which consisted of 13 sports commissions including the oina commission.

After the Union of 1918, the Federation of the Romanian Sports Society was reorganized in 1923, including the other oina sports commissions of Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia.

In 1932, the Romanian Oina Federation was founded.

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  1. Anuarul Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei I (Yearbook of the National Museum of History of Moldova, Volume I, articles in Romanian and Russian), Chisinau, 1992,  303 p.
    Price: 4,00 MDL
  2. Anuarul II (1992) (Yearbook of the National Museum of History of Moldova, Volume II, articles in Romanian and Russian), Chisinau, 1995, 386 p.
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  3. Tyragetia Anuar III (Tyragetia: Yearbook of the National Museum of History of Moldova, Volume III, articles in Romanian and Russian), Chisinau, 1996, 297 p.
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  4. Tyragetia Anuar IV-V (Tyragetia, Volume IV - V, articles in Romanian with summaries in French), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 1996, 340 p.
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  5. Tyragetia Anuar VI-VII (Tyragetia, Volume VI - VII, articles in Romanian with summaries in French), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 1998, 455 p.
    Price: 8,00 MDL
  6. Tyragetia Anuar VIII (Tyragetia, Volume VIII, articles in Romanian with summaries in French), Chisinau: Universitas-Tyragetia, Chisinau, 1999, 256 p.
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  7. Tyragetia Anuar IX (Tyragetia, Volume IX, articles in Romanian with summaries in French), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2000, 392 p.
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  8. Tyragetia Anuar X (Tyragetia, Volume X, articles in Romanian with summaries in English), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2001, 314 p.
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  9. Tyragetia Anuar XI (Tyragetia, Volume XI, articles in Romanian with summaries in English), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2002, 434 p.
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  10. Tyragetia Anuar XII (Tyragetia, Volume XII, articles in Romanian with summaries in English), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2003, 372 p.
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  11.  Tyragetia. Anuar XIII (Tyragetia, Volume XIII, articles in Romanian with summaries in English), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2004, 303 p.
    Price: 45,00 MDL
  12. Tyragetia. Anuar XIV, Revista de arheologie, istorie si culturologie (Tyragetia, Volume XIV: Archaeological, Historical, and Culturological Journal, articles in Romanian with summaries in English), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2005, 363 p.
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  13. Tyragetia. Anuar XV (Tyragetia, Volume XV, articles in Romanian with summaries in English), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2006, 556 p.
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  14. Tyragetia. Serie noua. Arheologie Istorie Antica, vol. I (XVI), nr. 1 (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume I (XVI), No. 1: Archaeology. Ancient History, articles in Romanian, Russian, and English with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2007, 403 p.
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  15. Tyragetia. Serie noua. Istorie Muzeologie, vol. I (XVI), nr. 2 (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume I (XVI), No. 2: History. Museology, articles in Romanian and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2007, 367 p.
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  16. Tyragetia. Serie noua. Arheologie Istorie Antica, vol. II (XVII), nr. 1 (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume II (XVII), No. 1: Archaeology. Ancient History, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2008, 411 p.
    Price: 125,00 MDL
  17. Tyragetia. Serie noua. Istorie Muzeologie, vol. II (XVII), nr. 2 (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume II (XVII), No. 2: History. Museology, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2008, 379 p.
    Price: 125,00 MDL
  18. Tyragetia. Serie noua. Arheologie Istorie Antica, vol. III (XVIII), nr. 1 (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume III (XVIII), No. 1: Archaeology. Ancient History, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2009, 398 p.
    Price: 140,00 MDL
  19. Tyragetia. Serie noua. Istorie Muzeologie, vol. III (XVIII), nr. 2 (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume III (XVIII), No. 2: History. Museology, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2009, 378 p.
    Price: 140,00 MDL
  20. Tyragetia. Serie noua. Arheologie Istorie Antica, vol. IV (XIX), nr. 1 (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume IV(XIX), No. 1: Archaeology. Ancient History, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2010, 314 p.
    Price: 150,00 MDL
  21. Tyragetia. Serie noua. Istorie Muzeologie, vol. IV (XIX), nr. 2 (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume IV (XIX), No. 2: History. Museology, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2010, 334 p.
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  22. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. V (XX), nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume V (XX), No. 1: Archaeology. Ancient History, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2011, 408 p.
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  23. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. V (XX), nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume V (XX), No. 2: History. Museology, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2011, 426 p.
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  24. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VI (XXI), nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume VI (XXI), No. 1: Archaeology. Ancient History, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2012, 375 p.
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  25. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VI (XXI), nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume VI (XXI), No. 2: History. Museology, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2011, 424 p.
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  26. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VII (XXII), nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume VII (XXII), No. 1: Archaeology. Ancient History, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2013, 434 p.
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  27. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VII (XXII), nr. 1, Istorie. Muzeologie (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume VII (XXII), No. 2: History. Museology, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2013, 434 p.
    Price: 160, 00 MDL
  28. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VIII (XXIII), nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume VIII (XXIII), No. 1: Archaeology. Ancient History, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2014, 396 p.
    Price: 160,00 MDL 
  29. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. VIII (XXIII), nr. 1, Istorie. Muzeologie (Tyragetia, N. S., Volume VIII (XXIII), No. 2: History. Museology, articles in Romanian, English, and Russian with summaries in two languages), Chisinau, 2014, 400 p.
    Price: 160, 00 MDL
  30. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. IX [XXIV], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică Chișinău, 2015.
    Price: 180,00 MDL
  31. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. IX [XXIV], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie Chișinău, 2015.
    Price: 180,00 MDL
  32. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. X [XXV], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică Chișinău, 2016.
    Price: 180,00 MDL
  33. Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. X [XXV], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie Chișinău, 2016.
    Price: 180,00 MDL
  34. Tezaure monetare din muzeele orașului Chisinau, sec. XVI-XVIII (Treasures from the Museums of Chisinau, 16th - 18th centuries, in Romanian), Chisinau, 1994, 130 p.
    Price: 4,00 MDL
  35. Golitzeva N. V., Kasuba M. T., Glinjeni: Mnogoslojnyj pamjatnik Srednego Podnestrovija (Glinjeni: Multilayered Site of the Middle Dniester Region, in Russian), Tiraspol, 1995,  273 p.
    Price: 18,00 MDL
  36. E. Postica, Rezistența antisovietică în Basarabia, 1944-1950 (Anti-Soviet Resistance in Bessarabia (1944-1950), in Romanian), Chisinau, 1997, 340 p.
    Price: 5,00 MDL
  37. N. Chetraru, N. Serova, Necropola aristocrației scitice Dubăsari (sec. V-IV î.e.n.) (Necropolis of Scythian Aristocracy in Dubasari (5th-4th c. B. C.), in Romanian), Chisinau: Tyragetia, Chisinau, 2001, 76 p.
    Price: 20,03 MDL
  38. N. Chetraru, I. Rafalovici, Comoara pârcălabului Gangur (Parcalab Gangur's Treasures, in Romanian), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2002, 119 p.
    Price: 10,00 MDL
  39. M. Danilov, A. Gritco, L. Malahov, Cartea românească în colecțiile Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei. Catalog (Romanian Books in the Collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova, 1683-1918, Catalogue, in Romanian). Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2002, 225 p.
    Price: 35,00 MDL
  40. Paul Gore. Omul și opera (Life and Work of Paul Gore, in Romanian), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2003, 256 p.
    Price: 39,70 MDL
  41. N. Chetraru, A. Moraru, N. Raileanu, Nicolae Morosan (Nicolae Morosan: The Tragedy of a Scientist, in Romanian), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2003, 260 p.
    Price: 36,70 MDL
  42. Cercetări arheologice în Republica Moldova (2000-2003), volumul I (Archaeological Research in the Republic of Moldova (2000-2003) Volume I, in Romanian), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2004, 132 p.
    Price: 25,00 MDL
  43. Studii de muzeologie și muzeografie, vol. I (Works on Museology, Volume I, articles in Romanian and Russian), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2004, 528 p.
    Price: 62,20 MDL
  44. Nicolae Chetraru, Nicolae Raileanu, Baronul Alexandru Stuart (Baron Alexander Stuart, in Romanian with abstract in English), Chisinau: Tyragetia, 2006, 112 p.
    Price: 21,45 MDL
  45. Ana Gritco,  Popas în timp. Catalog de carte poștală ilustrată (Catalogue of Illustrated Postcards from the Collections of the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova, in Romanian with summary in English), Chisinau, 320 p.
    Price: 80,00 MDL
  46. Archeologicheskie issledovanija molodych uchenych Moldavii (Archaeological Investigations of Young Scientists from Moldova, in Russian), Chisinau, 1990, 176 p.
    Price: 6,00 MDL
  47. Numizmaticheskie issledovanija po istorii jugo-vostochnoj Evropy (Numismatic Investigations on the History of South-Eastern Europe, in Russian), Chisinau, 1990,  268 p.
    Price: 8,00 MDL
  48. Studii de muzeologie, volumul I (Proceedings on Museology. Volume I, articles in Romanian and Russian), Chisinau, 2008, 194 p.
    Price: 70, 00 MDL
  49. Maria Danilov, Cenzura sinodală și cartea religioasă în Basarabia. 1812-1918 (între tradiție și politica țaristă) (Synodal Censorship and Religious Books in Bessarabia, 1812 - 1918: Between the Tradition and Tsarist Policy, in Romanian with abstracts in English and Russian), Chisinau, 2007, 264 p.
    Price: 50,00 MDL
  50. Natalia Mateevici, Amforele grecești în mediul barbar din nord-vestul Pontului Euxin în sec. VI - începutul sec. II a. Chr. (Greek Amphorae in the Barbarian World of the North-Western Black Sea Littoral in 6th - Early 2nd Centuries B. C., in Romanian with abstract in French), Chisinau, 2007, 284 p.
    Price: 50,00 MDL
  51. Andrei Nicic, Interferențe cultural-cronologice în nord-vestul Pontului Euxin la finele mil. II - începutul mil. I a. Chr. (Cultural and Chronological Interferences in the North-Western Black Sea Littoral in the Late 2nd - Early 1st Millennia B.C., in Romanian with abstracts in English and Russian), Chisinau, 2008, 282 p.
    Price: 90,00 MDL
  52. Plosnita Elena, Concepte muzeografice cu profil de istorie: retrospectivă și perspectivă (Museum Concepts on History: Retrospective Review and Prospects, in Romanian with abstracts in English and Russian), Chisinau, 2008, 248 p.
    Price: 70,00 MDL
  53. Ion Niculita, Aurel Zanoci, Teodor Arnaut, Habitatul din mileniul I a. Chr. în regiunea Nistrului Mijlociu (siturile din zona Saharna) (The Habitat in the 1st Millennium B.C. from the Middle Dniester Region (The Sites from Saharna Area), in Romanian with abstract in English), Chisinau, 2008, 408 p.
    Price: 180,00 MDL 
  54. Sava Eugen, Kaiser Elke, Die Siedlung mit „Aschehügeln" beim Dorf Odaia-Miciurin, Republik Moldova (Archäologische und naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen) (The Settlement with "Ash Pits" near the Village of Odaia-Miciurin, the Republic of Moldova, in German and Russian), Chisinau, 2011, 532 p.
    Price: 180,00 MDL
  55. Plosnita Elena, Ursu Mihai, Enciclopedia muzeologiei din Republica Moldova (Encyclopedia of Museology of the Republic of Moldova, in Romanian, summaries in English, Russian, and French), Chisinau, 2011, 308 p.
    Price: 130,00 MDL
  56. I. Tentiuc, Contributions to the History and Archeology of the Prut-Dniester Region, Chișinău, 2012, 288 p.
    Price: 110 MDL 
  57. Studies on Museology (2), Series „Biblioteca „Tyragetia" XXIII, Chișinău, 2013, 228 p.
    Price: 100 MDL
  58. A. Boldureanu, Ottoman Coins in Moldova from 1512 to 1603, Biblioteca „Tyragetia" XXIV, Chișinău, 2013.
    Price: 90 MDL
  59. Eugen Sava, Aurelia Cornețchi, Elena Postică, Elena Ploșnița, National Museum of History of Moldova 1983-2013, Series „Albums" I, Chișinău, 2013. 191 p.
    Price: 200 MDL
  60. I. Niculiță, A.Nicic, The Early Iron Age settlement and cemetery of Saharna-Ţiglău, Biblioteca „Tyragetia" XXV, Chișinău, 2014.
    Price: 180 MDL
  61. E. Sava, Settlements from the Late Bronze Age in the space between rivers Prut and Dniester (Noua-Sabatinovka), Biblioteca „Tyragetia" XXVI, Chișinău, 2014.
    Price: 200 MDL
  62. A. Chiroșca, Marial icon collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova (17th-20th centuries), Series „Albums" II, Chișinău, 2014.
    Price: 300 MDL
  63. Ana Grițco, Carol Schmidt. Întoarcere în timp, Chișinău, Bons Offices, 2014, 160 p.
    Price: 65 MDL
  64. Journal Labirint, 2001, nr. 2, Chișinău
    Price: 25 MDL
  65. Interferențe cultural-cronologice în spațiul nord-pontic, Chișinău, 2003, 388 p.
    Preț: 43,57 MDL
  66. Revista arheologică, 1998, nr. 2, Chișinău, 200 p.
    Price: 21,24 MDL
  67. В. Дергачев. Металлические изделия к прблеме генезиса культур раннего гольштата карпато-данубио-нордпонтийского региона. Кишинев, 1977 г. 104 с.
    Price: 2,66 MDL
  68. Н.А. Кетрару. Очерки истории археологии Молдовы. Кишинев, 2005 г. 88 с.
    Price: 25 MDL
  69. Ploșnița E., Muzeul și publicul: istorie și realități, Chișinău:Bons Offices, 2015, 215 p.
    Price: 80 MDL
  70. Man, culture, and society from the Copper Age until the Early Iron Age in Northern Eurasia (Contributions in honour of the 60th anniversary of Eugen Sava). Chișinău: Bons Offices 2016, 348 p.
    Price: 450 MDL
  71. Ana Niculiţă, Ancient Jewelry from the Collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova (Catalog), Series "Albums" III, Chişinău, 2018. 296 p Chişinău, 2018. 296 p.
    Price: 300 lei
  72. Е. Сава, С. Агульников, И. Манзура, Исследования курганов в Буджакской степи (1980-1985 гг.). Biblioteca „Tyragetia" XXX, Chişinău, 2019, 368 p. - 200 lei
  73. S. Ţerna, M. Vasilache, Figurinele antropomorfe din etapa Cucuteni A din interfluviul pruto-nistrean (în baza colecţiilor Muzeului Naţional de Istorie a Moldovei) / Anthropomorphic figurines from Cucuteni A stage from the Prut-Dniester interfluve (the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova). Biblioteca „Tyragetia" XXXI, Chişinău, 2019, 263 p. - 250 lei
Guides
  1. National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova, Chisinau, 2009
    Price: 5,00 MDL
Leaflets
  1. Antique treasure from Olănești, 1990.
    Price: 0,15 MDL
  2. Diorama  of the Iasi-Chisinau Operation, National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova, 2009
    Price: 2,00 MDL
  3. Building of the National Museum of History of Moldova (in Romanian, English, and Russian), Chisinau, 2012.
    Price: 10,00 MDL
  4. National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova, 2009
    Price: 5 MDL
  5. Monument „Wolf with Romulus and Remus" in Chișinău, 2013
    Price: 10 MDL

Postcards
  1. Set of 16 illustrated postcards with the representations of the most valuable exhibit items
    Price: 20, 00 MDL
  2. Set of 16 illustrated postcards “Adornments: Echoes through Millennia”, National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova, 2009
    Price: 20, 00 MDL
  3. Set of 16 illustrated postcards “Writing Tools from the Collections of the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova”, 2009
    Price: 20,00 MDL

Copies of exhibits
  1. Female anthropomorphic figurine of the Cucuteni-Tripolye culture (5th - 4th millennia BC) discovered at Gura Cainarului, Floresti District.
    Price: 25,00 MDL
  2. Bull figurine of the Cucuteni-Tripolye culture (5th - 4th millennia BC), discovered at Badragii Vechi, Edinet District.
    Price: 25,00 MDL
  3. Zoomorphic vessel (2nd century AD)
    Price: 35 MDL
  4. Miniature painted plate, Cucuteni-Tripolie Culture (5th - 3rd millennia BC), with magnet
    Price: 20 MDL 
  5. Miniature vessel, Cucuteni-Tripolie Culture (5th - 3rd millennia BC)
    Price: 25 MDL
  6. Bronze rider from the 10th-11th centuries, discovered at the medieval site from Hansca
    Price: 10 MDL
  7. Zoomorphic plate of a Scythian harness piece from the 6th century, discovered at Răscăieții Noi
    Price: 10 MDL

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  1. Sticker „She wolf with Romulus and Remus"
    Price: 10 MDL

 
 


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#Exhibit of the Month
It is a sports trophy obtained at an inter-school oina (a bat-and-ball game) competition in interwar Bessarabia. We don't know which schools participated in this competition, nor the venue, we only know that one of the winners received the second prize and that the event was held on May 13, 1934. In this way we learn about the existence of different sports competitions organized by schools, including the oina game. Oina is a beautiful and complex sports game that promotes the development of body and spirit, courage and the desire for self-improvement. Oina is a treasure of the Romanian people, which must be sacredly kept and passed on to future generations...

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