Ștefan Ciobanu (born 11 November 1883 – 28 February 1950) was a Moldovan
historian
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and
academician, author of some important works about ancient
Romanian literature,
Romanian culture in Basarabia under Russian occupation, Bessarabian demography, fervent advocate of the introduction of the
Romanian language
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in the schools of
Bessarabia, vice-president of the
Romanian Academy between 1944 and 1948. He served as Minister of Education (1917–1918) of the short-lived
Moldavian Democratic Republic.
Biography
Ciobanu was born on 11 November 1883 in
Talmaza, at the time in
Tighina County,
Bessarabia,
Russian Empire
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, now in
Moldova
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. He studied at
Kyiv University (1907–1912). Ciobanu served as the Minister of Education in the
Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet, the
Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet, and the
Petru Cazacu Cabinet. He died on 28 February 1950 in
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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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
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