Mihail Savenco (russian: Михаи́л Саве́нко; uk, Михайло Савенко) was a

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...

n politician of Ukrainian descent. He was a high-ranking official of the

Moldavian Democratic Republic The Moldavian Democratic Republic (MDR; ro, Republica Democratică Moldovenească, ), also known as the Moldavian Republic, was a state proclaimed on by the ''Sfatul Țării'' (National Council) of Bessarabia, elected in October–Novembe ...

Biography

He served as Director General for Justice in

Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet was the Cabinet of Moldova (7 / 20 December 1917 - 13 / 26 January 1918). It was the first cabinet of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. The government fell after the occupation of the Republic by the Romanian troops. Erh ...

and

Daniel Ciugureanu Daniel Ciugureanu (; 9 December 1885 – 19 May 1950) was a Romanian politician from Bessarabia, deputy in Sfatul Țării from Chișinău, Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic from –, Minister for Bessarabia in four Romanian Gove ...

cabinet.

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, 26 martie 2008 - Sfatul Țării și Unirea Also he served as member of the

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(1917-1918). He opposed the

union of Bessarabia with Romania The union of Bessarabia with Romania was proclaimed on by Sfatul Țării, the legislative body of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. This state had the same borders of the region of Bessarabia, which was annexed by the Russian Empire following t ...

. Savenco joined a self-appointed team of politicians and landowners who claimed to speak for Bessarabia, and attended the Paris Peace Conference to lobby for the Russian cause. Among the other members of this body were Alexander N. Krupensky,

Alexandr K. Schmidt Alexander Carol Schmidt ( ro, Alexander Karlovici Schmidt, russian: Александр Карлович Шмидт; 1879–1954) was a Bessarabian politician, mayor of Chișinău between 1917 and 1918. A Bessarabian German, he was a son of Carol ...

Vladimir Tsyganko Vladimir Vladimirovich Tsyganko (russian: Владимир Владимирович Цыганко; ro, Vladimir Vladimirovici Țîganco; also Țâganco, Tziganco, Tziganko or Țiganco; 1886/1887 – January 26, 1938)Mark Slonim Mark Lvovich Slonim (russian: Марк Льво́вич Сло́ним, also known as Marc Slonim and Marco Slonim; March 23, 1894 Giuseppina Giuliano"Mark L'vovič Slonim"Romanian Army The Romanian Land Forces ( ro, Forțele Terestre Române) is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. In recent years, full professionalisation and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the Lan ...

, such as the massacre of 53 people in one village of after the

Khotyn Uprising The Khotyn Uprising ( ro, Răscoala de la Hotin or ; uk, Хотинське повстання, Khotyns'ke povstannya) was a Ukrainian-led insurrection in the far-northern tip of Bessarabia region, nestled between Bukovina and Podolia. It occur ...

, and the torturing of many others. These statements were rejected outright by the Bessarabian unionists, such as

Ion Inculeț Ion Constantin Inculeț (; 5 April 1884, Răzeni, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire, now the Republic of Moldova – 18 November 1940, Bucharest, Romania) was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician, the President of the Country Council of the ...

Ion Pelivan Ion Gheorghe Pelivan (April 1, 1876 in Răzeni – January 25, 1954 in Sighetu Marmației) was a Romanian politician. In 1898, Ion Pelivan graduated from the Theological Seminary of Chișinău and in 1903 from the University of Tartu. Then ...

Bibliography

* ''Enciclopedia Chişinău''. – Ch., 1997. – 156 p. * *** - ''Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească'' (Chișinău, 1970–1977)

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Primar –– Teodor Cojocaru
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