Monument to Simion Murafa, Alexei Mateevici and Andrei Hodorogea
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The Monument to Simion Murafa, Alexei Mateevici and Andrei Hodorogea was a monument
in Downtown Chişinău
, Moldova
. It existed between 1933 and 1940.
in Downtown Chişinău
. The monument was dedicated to Simeon G. Murafa
, Alexei Mateevici
, and Andrei Hodorogea
. All of them died in August 1917.
In the evening of August 20, 1917 some 200 Russian soldiers, with Bolshevist leaders, seized and murdered two of the most conspicuous Moldavian leaders, Andrei Hodorogea
and Simeon G. Murafa
, in Chişinău
itself.
On July 17, 1917 Alexei Mateevici
wrote the poem Limba noastră
(Our Language), today the national anthem of the Republic of Moldova. A month later, on August 24, 1917, he died of epidemic typhus.
After the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, the monument was destroyed in 1940.
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in Downtown Chişinău
Downtown Chişinău
Central or Downtown Chişinău is the central business district of Chişinău, Moldova.- Overview :In central Chişinău are located the major governmental and business institutions of Moldova:*The Parliament*Government building*Presidential palace...
, Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
. It existed between 1933 and 1940.
Overview
The monument was opened in 1933, in the park of the Nativity CathedralNativity Cathedral, Chişinău
The Cathedral of Christ's Nativity is the main cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in Downtown Chișinău, Moldova. It was commissioned by the governor of New Russia, Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and Metropolitan Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni in 1830. The cathedral was built in the 1830s to...
in Downtown Chişinău
Downtown Chişinău
Central or Downtown Chişinău is the central business district of Chişinău, Moldova.- Overview :In central Chişinău are located the major governmental and business institutions of Moldova:*The Parliament*Government building*Presidential palace...
. The monument was dedicated to Simeon G. Murafa
Simeon G. Murafa
Simeon G. Murafa was a Moldovan politician and director of the newspaper Cuvânt moldovenesc.-Biography:...
, Alexei Mateevici
Alexei Mateevici
Alexe Mateevici was a Moldavian poet.- Biography :He was born in the town Căinari, in Eastern Bessarabia, which was part of the Russian Empire, now in the Republic of Moldova...
, and Andrei Hodorogea
Andrei Hodorogea
Andrei Hodorogea was a politician from Bessarabia.-Biography:Andrei Hodorogea was born in 1878 in Slobozia-Hodorogea. He studied in Cucuruzeni and then in Russia and became an engineer...
. All of them died in August 1917.
In the evening of August 20, 1917 some 200 Russian soldiers, with Bolshevist leaders, seized and murdered two of the most conspicuous Moldavian leaders, Andrei Hodorogea
Andrei Hodorogea
Andrei Hodorogea was a politician from Bessarabia.-Biography:Andrei Hodorogea was born in 1878 in Slobozia-Hodorogea. He studied in Cucuruzeni and then in Russia and became an engineer...
and Simeon G. Murafa
Simeon G. Murafa
Simeon G. Murafa was a Moldovan politician and director of the newspaper Cuvânt moldovenesc.-Biography:...
, in Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
itself.
On July 17, 1917 Alexei Mateevici
Alexei Mateevici
Alexe Mateevici was a Moldavian poet.- Biography :He was born in the town Căinari, in Eastern Bessarabia, which was part of the Russian Empire, now in the Republic of Moldova...
wrote the poem Limba noastră
Limba noastra
For the Moldovan public holiday on 31st August, see National Language Day"Limba noastră" has been since 1994 the national anthem of the Republic of Moldova. For a short period before that, the official anthem of the country was Deşteaptă-te, române!, which is also the national anthem of Romania....
(Our Language), today the national anthem of the Republic of Moldova. A month later, on August 24, 1917, he died of epidemic typhus.
After the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, the monument was destroyed in 1940.