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Scarlat Callimachi In December 1966
Scarlat is a Romanian male given name and surname that may refer to: *Scarlat Callimachi *Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar) *Scarlat Cantacuzino *Scarlat Ghica *Cristina Scarlat *Roxana Scarlat {{surname Romanian masculine given names Romanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlat Callimachi
Scarlat Callimachi or Calimachi (; nicknamed ''Prinţul Roşu'', "the Red Prince"; September 20, 1896 – June 2, 1975) was a Romanian journalist, essayist, futurist poet, trade unionist, and communist activist, a member of the Callimachi family of boyar and Phanariote lineage. He is not to be confused with his ancestor, ''hospodar'' Scarlat Callimachi. Biography Born in Bucharest, he lived for part of his childhood at the family manor in Botoşani, where, at age 11, he witnessed first-hand the 1907 peasants' uprisings (which, as he later admitted, contributed to his left-wing sympathies).Chiva & Şchiop; Lăcustă, p.25 As a youth, he read Russian anarchist books, while studying in Paris during World War I, joined anarchist circles.Chiva & Şchiop While travelling through Finland in 1917, Callimachi attended a public meeting at which Vladimir Lenin gave a speech, and consequently adopted Bolshevism. After his return to Romania, Callimachi edited a short-lived magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar)
Scarlat Callimachi (1773 in Istanbul – 12 December 1821, in Bolu) was Grand Dragoman of the Sublime Porte 1801–1806, Prince of Moldavia between August 24, 1806 – October 26, 1806, August 4, 1807 – June 13, 1810, September 17, 1812 – June 1819 and Prince of Wallachia between February 1821 – June 1821. A member of the Callimachi family, he was the son of Alexandru Callimachi and Ruxandra Ghica, and married Smaragda Mavrogheni. In 1810, during the Russo-Turkish War, he was imprisoned by the Russians, and taken to Kharkiv. He regained the Moldovan throne in 1812. Scarlat Callimachi adopted new laws and cut taxes for the boyars. He took measures against the plague, maintained upkeep of wood paved streets, supported Gheorghe Asachi's Romanian-language movement, and introduced potatoes to Moldavia. In 1819 Scarlat Callimachi was taken to Istanbul to be executed after being suspected of collaborating with the Russians. He managed to have the sentence cancelled and in 1821 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlat Cantacuzino
Scarlat A. Cantacuzino (June 6, 1874 – August 8, 1949) was a Romanian poet, essayist and diplomat. Early life and education Born in Bucharest to the magistrate Adolf Cantacuzino and his wife Ecaterina (''née'' Iarca), he was a scion of the Cantacuzino family, which had an old tradition of political and cultural activity beginning with citations from Roman Imperium, affirming in Byzantine Imperium, European countries and primarily in Romania, with almost continuous citations after 1094. After attending primary school in his native city, he went to high school in Paris, followed by the law faculty of the University of Paris. Career Successively an attaché, secretary and adviser at the Romanian embassies in Paris, Brussels, and The Hague, Cantacuzino was Romania's chargé d'affaires in Paris in 1918, at the close of World War I. He returned to Bucharest in 1922, working as a minister plenipotentiary at the Foreign Ministry, while continuing to correspond with other writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
