The Chișinău Central Cemetery () is a cemetery located in the
Sectorul Centru
Sectorul Centru () is one of the five sectors in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration. It governs over a portion of the city of Chișinău itself (central and wes ...
of
Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...
, Moldova, in the "triangle" of Alexei Mateevici, Vasile Alecsandri and Pantelimon Halippa. Founded in 1811, it is the resting place of many prominent personalities in the history and culture of Moldova.
Notable interments
1910s
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Alexei Mateevici (1888–1917)
1920s
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Vladimir Herța (1868–1924)
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Karl Shmidt (1846–1928)
1930s
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Vasile Cijevschi
Vasile Gheorghe Cijevschi (; also credited as Cișevschi, Cijevschii, Cijevski, Cijewsky, or Tchizhevsky; October 17, 1880 – July 14, 1931) was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician, administrator and writer. Originally a career officer and Ori ...
(1881–1931)
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Toma Ciorbă (1864–1936)
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Mihail Ciachir
Mihail Ciachir (also spelled Çakir; 27 April 1861 – 8 September 1938) was a protoiereus and educator in the Gagauz language, and first publisher of Gagauz books in the former Russian Empire.
Biography
Mihail Ciachir was born on April 27, 1861 ...
(1861–1938)
1940s
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Sergiu Niță
Sergiu Niță (1883 – 3 March 1940) was a politician and lawyer from Romania. He served as Minister for Bessarabia (1920–1921, 1926–1927) in the Alexandru Averescu, Averescu cabinets.
Biography
Sergiu Niță was born on March 21 (March ...
(1893–1940)
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Alexandru Plămădeală
Alexandru Plamădeală (9 October 1888 – 15 April 1940) was a Moldovan sculptor. He was the artist responsible for the creation of the Stephen the Great Monument in Chișinău (1927).
He graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculptu ...
(1888–1940)
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Alexandru Cristea (1890–1942)
1950s
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Ștefan Neaga
Ștefan Neaga ( – 30 May 1951) was a Moldovans, Moldovan and Soviet composer. He was the son of the Moldovan "Lautar" folk musician Timofei Neaga.
Biography
From an early age he was a pianist in his father's orchestra. At the age of 18, he gr ...
(1900–1951)
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Eugen Coca (1893–1954)
1960s
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Fyodor Brovko
Fyodor Grigoryevich Brovko (; ; 16 May 1904 – 24 January 1960) was a Soviet and Moldavian politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1941 to 1951.
Early life an ...
(1904–1960)
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Liviu Deleanu (1911–1967)
1970s
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Nicolae Coval
Nicolae Coval (19 December 1904 – 15 January 1970) was a Soviet and Moldavian politician.
Biography
Nicolae Coval was born on 19 December 1904 in the city of Camenca, Russian Empire (now in Transnistria, Republic of Moldova). Nicolae Coval ...
(1904–1970)
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Iachim Grosul (1912–1976)
1980s
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Kirill Ilyashenko (1915–1980)
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Gherasim Rudi
Gherasim Rudi (4 March 1907 – 26 June 1982) also Russified as Gerasim Yakovlevich Rud () was a Moldavian SSR politician and member of the Moldovan resistance during World War II.
Rudi was born in Sărăței, Rîbnița District. He died on 2 ...
(1907–1982)
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Nikita Salogor
Nikita Leontyevich Salogor (, or ''Salagor'', ; 15 August 1901 – 24 June 1982) was a Moldavian and Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (PCM) in 1942–1946.
Of Romanian Ukrainian or Moldovan ...
(1901–1982)
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Emilian Bucov
Emilian Bucov or Bukov (; – 17 October 1984) was a Soviet and Moldavian writer and poet, recognized with the State Prize of the Moldavian SSR and honorary title of People's Writer of the Moldavian SSR (1982). He studied at the Bucharest Unive ...
(1909–1984)
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Nicolae Testemițanu
Nicolae Testemițanu (1 August 1927 – 20 September 1986) was a Moldovan and Soviet Union, Soviet surgeon, Hygiene, hygienist, and politician.
Political career
Upon graduating, he worked at the District Hospital in Riscani as a surgeon. He wa ...
(1927–1986)
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George Meniuc (1918–1987)
1990s
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Andrei Lupan
Andrei Lupan (15 February 1912 – 24 August 1992) was a Soviet and Moldovan writer, poet, politician, and chairman of Moldovan Writers' Union (1946–1955; 1958–1961).
Biography
Studied in the agriculture school from Cucuruzeni, Viticult ...
(1912–1992)
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Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici (d. 1992)
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Ion Dumeniuc (1936–1992)
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Ion Vatamanu
Ion Vatamanu (1 May 1937 – 9 August 1993) was a chemist, writer, and politician from Moldova. He served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1990–1994) and chairman of the Committee on Culture of the Parliament of Moldova.
Biography
H ...
(1937–1993)
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Anton Crihan (1893–1993)
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Bogdan Istru (1914–1993)
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Nicolae Costin
Nicolae Costin (7 April 1936 – 16 February 1995) was a Moldovan politician and one of the leaders of the national emancipation movement from Moldavian SSR. He was a professor, executive chairman of the Popular Front of Moldova, deputy in ...
(1936–1995)
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Lidia Istrati (1942–1997)
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Sergiu Rădăuțanu
Sergiu Rădăuțanu (17 June 1926 – 6 March 1998) was a Moldovan physicist. He was a vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and professor at the Technical University of Moldova.
Early life
Rădăuțanu was born on 17 June 1926 ...
(1926–1998)
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Mihai Grecu (1916–1998)
2000s
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Gheorghe Ghimpu
Gheorghe Ghimpu (26 July 1937 – 13 November 2000) was a Moldovans, Moldovan politician and a political prisoner in the former Soviet Union and then in Moldova.
Early life
Ghimpu was born on 26 July 1937 in Colonița, a village in Bessara ...
(1937–2000)
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Natalia Gheorghiu (1914–2001)
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Victor Teleucă
Victor Teleucă (19 January 1933 – 12 August 2002) was a Moldovan writer and poet from Bessarabia (now Republic of Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with ...
(1933–2002)
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Nicolae Sulac (1936–2003)
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Grigore Grigoriu (1941–2003)
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Pavel Barbalat (1935–2004)
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Pavel Creangă (1933–2004)
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Antonina Lucinschi (1939–2005)
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Ada Zevin (1918–2005)
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Mihai Dolgan (1942–2008)
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Vasile Vasilache (1926–2008)
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Grigore Vieru
Grigore Vieru (; 14 February 1935 – 18 January 2009) was a Moldovans, Moldovan poet, writer and unification of Moldova and Romania, unionist advocate, known for his poems and books for children. His poetry is characterized by vivid natural sce ...
(1936–2009)
2010s
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Anatol Codru
Anatol Codru (1 May 1936 – 17 August 2010) was a writer and film director from Moldova. He was the head of the Union of Cinematographers of Moldova and a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.
Biography
Anatol Codru was born t ...
(1936–2010)
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Leonida Lari
Leonida Lari (26 October 1949 – 11 December 2011) was a Moldovan poet, journalist, and politician who advocated for the reunion of Bessarabia with Romania. She published 24 volumes of poetry and prose and was a prolific translator of key works ...
(1949–2011)
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Ivan Calin
Ivan Calin (10 March 1935 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet and Moldovan agronomist-scholar, political scientist, diplomat and politician.
Biography
Calin was born in the small village of Plot in Rîbnița District, then in Moldavian Autonom ...
(1935–2012)
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Maria Bieșu
Maria Bieșu (3 August 1935 – 16 May 2012) was a Moldovan opera singer. Debuting in 1961, she eventually went on to become the lead vocalist of the Moldova National Opera Ballet. Her artistic excellence brought her international recognition an ...
(1935–2012)
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Valentin Mândâcanu
Valentin Mândâcanu (27 July 1930 – 29 October 2012) was a writer and politician from Republic of Moldova.
Mândâcanu was a founder of the Democratic Movement of Moldova. He was elected in 1990 election and served as member of the Parliame ...
(1930–2012)
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Diomid Gherman
Diomid Gherman (10 April 1928 – 19 April 2014) was a professor and researcher from Moldova and a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He was a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.
Biography
Gherman ...
(1928–2014)
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Eugen Gladun
Eugen Gladun (27 April 1936 – 31 May 2014) was a Moldovan physician. He served as the Minister of Health of Moldova from 1998 to 1999.
References
Moldovan politicians
1936 births
2014 deaths
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(1936–2014)
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Timofei Moșneaga
Timofei Moșneaga (; 6 March 1932 – 1 June 2014) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Moldovan physician and politician who served as the Ministry of Health (Moldova), Minister of Health of Moldova from 1994 to 1997. He was the Director of the Timofei ...
(1932–2014)
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Constantin Tănase
Constantin Tănase (; 5 July 1880 – 29 August 1945) was a Romanian actor and writer for stage, a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania.
Life
He was born into a working-class family living in a peasant house in Vaslui, Roma ...
(1949–2014)
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Mihai Volontir
Mihai Volontir (9 March 1934 – 15 September 2015) was a Soviet and Moldovan actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1984).
Biography
Volontir was born on 9 March 1934 in the village of Glinjeni, Moldova. He attended the Pedagogical Institution i ...
(1932–2015)
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Anatol DumitraÈ™
Anatol Dumitraș (14 November 1955 – 14 June 2016) was a Moldovan singer.
Discography
* ''Sus paharul'' (2000)
* ''Ultima seară'' (2003)
* ''Azi la masa mare'' (2005)
* ''Anii mei, destinul meu'' (2007)
* ''Roata vieții'' (2008)
Reference ...
(1955–2016)
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Gheorghe Vrabie Gheorge Vrabie (21 March 1939 – 31 March 2016) was a Moldovan artist, the author of the Coat of arms of the Republic of Moldova and of the Flag of the Chișinău Municipality, of the national currency for which he was named the "Father of the Mo ...
(1939–2016)
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Petru Soltan
Petru Soltan (29 June 1931 – 15 July 2016) was a Moldovan mathematician. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and an honorary member of the Romanian Academy. (1931–2016)
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Nicolae Esinencu (1940–2016)
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Ion Ungureanu (1935–2017)
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Alexandru Moșanu
Alexandru Moșanu (19 July 1932 – 7 December 2017) was a Moldovan politician, historian and professor.
Biography
Alexandru Moșanu was born in Braniște, Rîșcani, Braniște, Kingdom of Romania (now in Rîșcani District, Moldova). He was t ...
(1932–2017)
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Vladimir Curbet (1930–2017)
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Ion Ciubuc
Ion Ciubuc (; 29 May 1943 – 29 January 2018) was a Moldovan economist and politician who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Moldova from January 1997 to February 1999.
Biography
Ion Ciubuc was born on 29 May 1943 in the village of Hădără ...
(1943–2018)
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Dumitru Moțpan
Dumitru Moțpan (3 May 1940 – 23 June 2018) was a Moldovan politician, who served as the President of the Moldovan Parliament. He died on June 23, 2018.Petru Cărare
Petru Cărare (13 February 1935 – 27 May 2019) was a writer from Moldova.
Petru Cărare was born to Profir Cărare and Nadejda Duca. He was forbidden to publish in the 1970s. He translated works by Ivan Krylov, , Samuil Marshak, Rasul Gamza ...
(1935–2019)
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Vladimir Hotineanu (1950–2019)
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Georgeta Snegur (1937–2019)
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Viorel Mardare (1981–2019)
2020s
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Valeriu Muravschi
Valeriu Muravschi (31 July 1949 – 8 April 2020) was a Moldovan politician and businessman who served as the first prime minister of Moldova between 28 May 1991 and 1 July 1992.
Early life and career
Muravschi was born in Sirota, Orhei Distri ...
(1949–2020)
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Ștefan Petrache
Ștefan Petrache (8 May 1949 – 13 January 2020) was a Moldovan singer who was a member of bands ''Noroc'', ''Contemporanul'', ''Plai'' and others.
Biography
Petrache was born in Vînători, Nisporeni.
While studying at the " Gavriil Musice ...
(1949–2020)
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Mihail Cibotaru (1934–2021)
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Nicolae Dabija (1948–2021)
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Anton Gămurari (1950–2021)
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Haralambie Corbu (1930–2021)
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Victor Pușcaș (1943–2023)
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Mircea Snegur
Mircea Snegur (; 17 January 1940 – 13 September 2023) was a Moldovan agronomist and politician who served as the first President of Moldova from 1990 to 1997. Prior to that, he served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of ...
(1940–2023)
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Mihai Amihalachioaie (1961–2024)
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Spiridon Vangheli (1932–2024)
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Grigore Eremei
Grigore Eremei (22 April 1935 – 3 January 2025) was a Soviet and Moldovan politician.
Biography
Grigore Eremei was born in Tîrnova, Edineț. In 1956, he served in the Soviet Army.
From 5 February until 23 August 1991 he was the final Firs ...
(1935–2025)
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Vladimir Beșleagă
Vladimir Beșleagă (25 July 1931 – 25 February 2025) was a Moldovan writer and politician.
Life and career
Vladimir Beșleagă was born to Eugenia and Vasile Beșleagă on 25 July 1931 in Mălăiești. Vladimir Beşleagă graduated from M ...
(1931–2025)
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Eugen Doga
Eugen Doga (1 March 1937 – 3 June 2025) was a Moldovan composer. He made significant contributions to various forms of music during his career.
He created ballets, ''Luceafărul'', ''Venancia'', and ''Queen Margot'', the opera ''Dialogues of ...
(1937–2025)
References
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Cemeteries in Moldova
Buildings and structures in Chișinău