Andrei Hodorogea (1878,
Slobozia-Hodorogea - 20 August 1917,
Chişinău) was a politician from
Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
.
Biography
Andrei Hodorogea was born in 1878 in
Slobozia-Hodorogea. He studied in
Cucuruzeni and then in
Russia
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and became an engineer. He advocated the national cause and in 1917 became an activist of the
National Moldavian Party
The National Moldavian Party was a political party in Bessarabia.
History
Prior to 1917, Bessarabian intelligentsia was divided between noblemen, conservatives, democrats, and socialists. Vasile Stroescu, a rich but very modest filantrop bo ...
In the evening of 20 August 1917 some 200 Russian soldiers, with
Bolshevist
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
leaders, seized and murdered two of the most conspicuous Moldavian leaders, Andrei Hodorogea and
Simeon G. Murafa
Simeon Gheorghevici Murafa Lucia Sava''Viața cotidiană în orașul Chișinău la începutul secolului al XX-lea (1900–1918). Monografii Antim VIII'' Editura Pontos, Chișinău, 2010, p.171-172. (also spelled Simion or Semion Murafa; May 24, ...
, in
Chişinău itself.
Honours
* Andrei Hodorogea Street (former Raleev Street), in
Sectorul Botanica
Sectorul Botanica is one of the five sectors in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. Botanica is the most populous (220,000 people) and one of the more scenic districts in Chișinău; it hosts a zoo and a botanical garden. The widest boulevard in ...
,
Chişinău
*
Monument to Simion Murafa, Alexei Mateevici and Andrei Hodorogea, opened in 1933
[Mario-Ovidiu Oprea]
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References
Bibliography
* Eremia, Anatol (2001). Unitatea patrimoniului onomastic românesc. Toponimie. Antroponimie (ed. ediție jubiliară). Chișinău: Centrul Național de Terminologie, ed. „Iulian”. p. 62. .
External links
*
Declaraţie privind restabilirea monumentului înălţat în grădina Catedralei în memoria eroilor naţionali: Simion Murafa, Alexei Mateevici şi Andrei Hodorogea
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Romanian people of Moldovan descent
1878 births
1917 deaths
People from Orhei District
Moldovan journalists
Male journalists
Moldovan writers
Moldovan male writers
Moldovan engineers
People murdered in Russia