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Dorohoi
Dorohoi () is a city in Botoșani County, Romania, on the right bank of the river Jijia, which broadens into a lake on the north. History Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; merchants from the neighboring states flocked to its great fair, held on the June 12. The settlement is first mentioned in documents from 1408, where a treaty was signed between Moldavian voievode, Alexandru cel Bun, and the King of Poland and Hungary. Dorohoi was bombed by the Russians during World War I. Dorohoi used to be the capital of Dorohoi County, but was degraded to a municipality when the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina in late June 1940. On July 1, 1940, units of the Romanian Army attacked local Jews in a pogrom. These military actions against the Jews were not endorsed by the Romanian Government. When the conspiracy against the Jews was discovered by the military command, troops were sent to end the abuse. Geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorohoi County
Dorohoi County, with its seat at Dorohoi, was a subdivision of the Kingdom of Romania and located in the region of Moldavia. Geography The county was located in the northeastern part of Greater Romania, in the north-eastern extremity of the Moldavia region. Today the territory of the former county is split between Romania (north Botoșani County, with an area of 2,542 km²) and Ukraine (Hertsa region, with an area of 304 km²). It bordered northwest with Cernăuți County, to the north and east with Hotin County, south Botoșani County#Historical county, Botoşani County, southwest with Suceava County#Historical county, Suceava County, and west with Rădăuți County. Administrative organization The county comprised five cities: Dorohoi, Darabani, Herța, Mihăileni, Botoșani, Mihăileni and Săveni. Administratively, Dorohoi County was originally divided into three districts (''plasă, plăși''): # Plasa Bașeu # Plasa Herța # Plasa Siret Subsequently, two new districts wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botoșani County
Botoșani County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neigbhouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the capital town ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) at Botoșani. Demographics As of 31 October 2011, it had a population of 412,626 and the population density was 83/km2. * Romanians – 94.1% * Romani people, Romani – 1% * Ukrainians – 0.2% * Lipovans – 0.1% * Minorities of Romania, Other ethnicities – 0.1% * Unknown ethnicity – 4.6% Geography * Botoșani County is situated between the rivers Siret (river), Siret and Prut, in the northeastern part of Romania, bordering Ukraine to the north and Moldova to the east. To the west and south it has borders with Suceava County, Suceava and Iași County, Iași counties. * It has a total area of , comprising 2.1% of the Romanian territory. * The relief is a high plain, between the valleys of the Siret and the Prut, and the latter's affluent, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Călugăru
Ion Călugăru (; born Ștrul Leiba Croitoru, Ion Călugăru, Ioan Lăcustă''"Uzina care încearcă să gonească morții". Note nepublicate (1948)'' at thMemoria Digital Library retrieved February 17, 2010 also known as Buium sin Strul-Leiba Croitoru, Liviu Rotman (ed.), Demnitate în vremuri de restriște', Editura Hasefer, Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania & Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania, Bucharest, 2008, p.174. B. Croitoru;Călinescu, p.795; Crohmălniceanu, p.346Tudor Opriș, ''Istoria debutului literar al scriitorilor români în timpul școlii (1820-2000)'', Aramis Print, Bucharest, 2002, p.132. Ioana Pârvulescu"Personajul episodic iese în față" in ''România Literară'', Nr. 16/2002 February 14, 1902 – May 22, 1956) was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and critic. As a figure on Romania's Modernist literature, modernist scene throughout the early interwar period, he was noted for combining a pictur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Liliac
Gheorghe Liliac (born 22 April 1959) is a Romanian former Association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His clubs included FC Bihor Oradea (1958), FC Bihor Oradea, FC Steaua București, Steaua București, Petrolul Ploieşti and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. He was a member of the Romania national football team, Romanian national team that took part in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. ''FIFA''. Retrieved 24 January 2010. International career International stats Honours Club Steaua București *Liga I, Divizia A: 1987–88 Divizia A, 1987–88, 1988–89 Divizia A, 1988–89 *Cupa României: 1988–89 Cupa României, 1988–89 Metalul Filipeşti ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorohoi Pogrom
On 1 July 1940, in the town of Dorohoi in Romania, Romanian military units carried out a pogrom against the local History of the Jews in Romania, Jews, during which, according to an official Romanian report, 53 Jews were murdered, and dozens injured. According to the town's Jews, the number of fatalities was between 165 and 200. These acts were committed before Romania entered World War II, before it became Germany's ally, and before the German military entered the country. For details of the Pogrom itself, see volume I, p.363-400. Although the Romanian government had taken steps against Jews, including antisemitic laws, and seizure of Jewish property, these military actions against the Jews were not endorsed by the government; when the conspiracy against the Jews was discovered by the military command, troops were sent to put an end to the abuse. The perpetrators, however, were not punished. Background The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (August 1939) gave the Soviet Union a green light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Condurache
Dan Condurache (; born 26 July 1952) is a Romanian film actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1976. Born in Dorohoi, he completed high school in his native city. He then went to Bucharest, where he studied theater at the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts with Octavian Cotescu Octavian Cotescu (14 February 1931 – 22 August 1985) was a Romanian actor. Activity Filmography * ''Diminețile unui băiat cuminte'' (1967) * ''Atunci i-am condamnat pe toți la moarte'' (1972) * ''Păcală (film), Păcală'' (1974) – the t ... and , graduating in 1975. Selected filmography References External links * 1952 births Living people People from Dorohoi Romanian male film actors Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography alumni {{Romania-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Batcu
Alexandru Batcu (27 June 1892 – 1964) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II. He was born in Dorohoi, Botoșani County, Kingdom of Romania. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1936 and colonel in 1940. From 1941 to 1943, Batcu served as Commanding Officer 28th Fortress Regiment. He was then Prefect of Dubăsari, Transnistria Governorate in 1943. In 1944, he began as Prefect of Tiraspol, then became General Officer Commanding 5th Division, and finally General Officer Commanding 5th Training Division. He was Assistant Commandant of Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ... in 1944 and Commandant of Bucharest Garrison in 1945. He was promoted to brigadier general in April 1945, and he retired in January 1946. In 1948 he was sentenced by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Abrams
Benjamin Abrams (August 18, 1893 – June 23, 1967) was a Romanian-born American businessman and a founder of Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation after his purchase of Emerson Records in 1922. Along with his brothers he invented a number of devices that are commonplace today, among them midget transistor radios, self-powered radios, and clock radios. He was born in Dorohoi, Romania and emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was 12. Abrams was a Freemason Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities .... He was a member of Farragut Lodge No 976 in New York.Denslow, William R. 10,000 Famous Freemasons, Vol. I, A-D. References External linksBenjamin Abrams profile on Consumer Electronics Association [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Olinescu
Marcel Olinescu (; September 17, 1896–February 15, 1992) was a Romanian engraver. Born in Dorohoi, his father Teofil was a German-language teacher who came from Hliboka (''Adâncata'') in Austrian-ruled Bukovina. His mother, Terezia (''née'' Kernbach), came from a family of German doctors. He attended primary school in his native town, followed by gymnasium at Pomârla from 1907 to 1911. Between 1919 and 1921, he attended the Fine Arts Academy in Iași, followed by the National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest from 1921 to 1923. There, one of his professors was Dimitrie Paciurea. Following his graduation, he found a position at Brad, in the Țara Moților area of Transylvania, as a teacher of calligraphy and drawing. Spending three years there, Olinescu became fascinated by the local lifestyle, producing ten engravings centered on the local gold-mining industry. He also drew portraits featuring leaders of the Transylvanian Revolution of 1848, after earlier paintings by Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Nichita
Gheorghe Nichita (born September 15, 1956) is a Romanian politician, who has served as the mayor of Iaşi since 2003, and suspended (as of May 2015) over allegations of corruption.Nichita has been suspended A member of the , Nichita is the national vice-president of the party, and the leader of the party’s county organization.Iasi Mayor Gheorghe Nichita, detained by DNA at romania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jijia
The Jijia () ( uk, Жижія, Zhyzhiya) is a river in Ukraine and the Moldavia region of Romania, a right tributary of the Prut. It rises in Ukraine at an altitude of 410 metres, flows south in Botoșani County through the town of Dorohoi and meets the Prut in Gorban, Iași County. It has a length of , of which 275 km in Romania, and a drainage area of about , of which in Romania. p. 13 Major tributaries are the rivers , Miletin and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Mavrodi
Alexandru P. Mavrodi (December 7, 1881 – September 24, 1934) was a Romanian journalist, theater figure and politician. Born in Dorohoi, he studied dramatic arts at the Iași Conservatory. He then earned two doctorates, in Law from Paris and in Philosophy from Bonn. He entered journalism in 1898, writing for several Iași newspapers: ''Opinia'', ''Evenimentul'', ''Ordinea'' and ''Gazeta Moldovei'',Nicolae Titulescu, ''Opera politico-diplomatică'', p. 1121. Bucharest: Fundația Europeană Titulescu, 2003 where he became editor. In 1903, he became a “second-rate” actor at the Iași National Theatre. Initially unpaid, his roles were minor but demanded stage presence; the young actor was tall, spoke clearly and looked well in formal costume. Likely due to the insignificance of his roles, Mavrodi emerged as a malcontent, ready to defend perceived victims of injustice, particularly actresses “insulted” by directors. He would respond to personal slights by recruiting seconds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
