Teodor Bârcă (12 June 1894 – 12 May 1993) was a

Bessarabia Bessarabia () 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 Bessarabia lies within modern-day Moldova, with the Budjak region covering the southern coa ...

n politician and professor, who on 27 March 1918 voted the union of Bessarabia with

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. He was the vice president of

Sfatul Țării ''Sfatul Țării'' ("Council of the Country"; ) was a council of political, public, cultural, and professional organizations in the guberniya, Governorate of Bessarabia in Russian Empire, Tsarist Russia. This became a legislative body which e ...

, the parliament of Bessarabia at the time.

Biography

Bârcă was born on 12 June 1894 in Costești, Ialoveni, then in the

Bessarabia Governorate The Bessarabia Governorate was a province (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its administrative centre in Kishinev (Chișinău). It consisted of an area of and a population of 1,935,412 inhabitants. The Bessarabia Governorate bordered t ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

. Timpul de dimineață
Deceniul Unirii Basarabiei cu România
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in 1917–1918. As vice-president of the parliament, he signed some acts, from and after March 27, together with

Gheorghe Buruiană Gheorghe Buruiană (1889 - 1933), a cooperator from Chişinăuon March 27, 1918 voted the Union of Bessarabia with România. Some acts of March 27 have signed them together with Teodosie Bârcă as Vice-Presidents of the Moldovan Parliament ...

, another vice-president of the parliament.

Gallery

Image:Stamp of Moldova 227.gif, Moldovan stamp, 1998 File:Sfatul Tarii, 10 December 1918.jpg, Teodor Bârcă and

in 1918

Bibliography

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External links

Arhiva pentru Sfatul Țării

Deputații Sfatului Țării și Lavrenti Beria

Notes

1894 births 1993 deaths People from Ialoveni District People from Kishinyovsky Uyezd Moldovan MPs 1917–1918 {{Romania-politician-stub