Ștefan Ciobanu (born 11 November 1883 – 28 February 1950) was a Moldovan

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and

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, author of some important works about ancient

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, Romanian culture in Basarabia under Russian occupation, Bessarabian demography, fervent advocate of the introduction of the

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in the schools of

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, vice-president of the

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between 1944 and 1948. He served as Minister of Education (1917–1918) of the short-lived

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Biography

Ciobanu was born on 11 November 1883 in Talmaza, at the time in Tighina County,

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, now in

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. He studied at Kyiv University (1907–1912). Ciobanu served as the Minister of Education in the

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, the Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet, and the Petru Cazacu Cabinet. He died on 28 February 1950 in

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Works

* "La continuité roumaine dans la Bessarabie annexée en 1812 par la Russie", ''Bulletin de la Section historique de l'Académie roumaine'', nr. 1/1920 * ''Cultura românească în Basarabia sub stăpânirea rusă'', Chișinău, 1923 * "Biserici vechi din Basarabia din bibliotecile rusești", ''Anuarul Comisiei Monumentelor istorice. Secția Basarabia'', Chișinău, 1924 * ''Chișinăul'' (monografie). Chișinău, 1925 * ''Dimitrie Cantemir in Rusia, Cultura Natională'', București,1925. * ''Basarabia''. Monografie sub îngrijirea lui Ștefan Ciobanu. Chișinău, 1926 * ''Cetatea Tighina// Anuarul Comisiunii monumentelor istorice. Secția Basarabia''. Chișinău, 1928 * ''Documente din Basarabia'' (with P. Visarion, Șt. Berechet; C. Tomescu, L.T. Boga), vol.1 -2, Chișinău, 1928 -1938 * ''Unirea Basarabiei. Studiu și documente cu privire la mișcarea națională din Basarabia la anii 1917–1918''. București, 1929 * ''Mânăstirea Țigănești''. Chișinău, 1931 * ''Din istoria mișcării naționale în Basarabia''. Chișinău, 1933 * ''Din legaturile Culturale Romano-Ucrainiene: Ioannichie Galeatovschi si Literatura Romaneasca Veche'', Imprimeria Nationala, Bucuresti,1938. * ''Inceputurile Scrisului in Limba Româneasca'', Imprimeria Națională, București,1941. * ''Introducere în Istoria Literaturii Române, Orientări Metodologice'', Ed. Casa Școalelor,1944 * ''Istoria Literaturii Române Vechi'', Imprimeria Națională, București,1947; Ed. Eminescu 1989, * ''La Bessarabie. Sa population, son passé, sa culture''. Bucarest, 1941; Ed. rom.: Basarabia. Populația, istoria, cultura. Chișinău, Ed. Știința, 1992 * "Un decument inedit din timurile lui Ștefan cel Mare", ''Revista istorică Română'', vol. XIY, fasc. I, 1944 * "Domnitorul Moldovei Petru Rareș în literatura rusă veche", ''Revista istorică Română'', vol. XIY, fasc. III, 1945

Bibliography

* Rusu, Dorina N., Membrii Academiei Române, 1866–1999, Editura Academiei Române, București, 1999,

External links

Ștefan Ciobanu

Ștefan Ciobanu

Filologia română la Kiev : trecut și prezent
1883 births 1950 deaths People from Ștefan Vodă District People from Akkermansky Uyezd Romanian people of Moldovan descent Ministers of education of Moldova Ministers of culture of Romania 20th-century Moldovan historians 20th-century Romanian historians Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Titular members of the Romanian Academy {{Romania-politician-stub