Anton Crihan
"Crihan" redirects here. For the village in Bacău County, see Măgura, Bacău.
Anton Crihan | |
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Member of Sfatul Ţării | |
In office 1917–1918 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sîngerei | July 10, 1893
Died | January 9, 1993 99) St. Louis, Missouri, United States | (aged
Resting place | Chişinău |
Political party | National Peasants' Party |
Spouse(s) | Olivia Lula |
Children | Dumitru Crihan ( 1924-1999) |
Alma mater | Odessa University |
Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Anton Crihan (July 10, 1893, Sîngerei- January 9, 1993, St. Louis, Mo) was a Bessarabian politician.
Biography
Anton Crihan served as Member of Sfatul Ţării (1917-1918), the Parliament of Romania, and the Government of Romania. After the Soviet occupation of Romania, Crihan fled on foot to Yugoslavia and arrived in the United States in 1949.
Works
- Capitalul străin în Rusia (1915)
- Chestiunea agrară în Basarabia (1917)
Honours
- Order Ferdinand I
- Steaua României
- A street in the center of Chisinau, the capital of the Republic of Moldova has been named after Anton Crihan. (See strada Anton Crihan).
Gallery
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Moldovan stamp, 1998
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Sfatul Ţării Palace, December 10, 1918
Bibliography
- Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, Sfatul ţării: itinerar, Civitas, Chişinău, 1998, ISBN 9975-936-20-2
- Mihai Taşcă, Sfatul Ţării şi actualele autorităţi locale, "Timpul de dimineaţă", no. 114 (849), June 27, 2008 (page 16)
- Eremia, Anatol (2001) (în română). Unitatea patrimoniului onomastic românesc. Toponimie. Antroponimie (ed. ediţie jubiliară). Chişinău: Centrul Naţional de Terminologie, ed. „Iulian”. pp. p. 57. ISBN 9975-922-45-7.
- Alexandru Chiriac. Membrii Sfatului Ţării. 1917-1918. Dicţionar, Editura Fundaţiei Culturale Române, Bucureşti, 2001.
External links
- Anton Crihan Dead; Moldova Exile, 99, Escaped Soviet Rule
- Arhiva pentru Sfatul Tarii
- Deputaţii Sfatului Ţării şi Lavrenti Beria
- Biblio Polis - Vol. 25 (2008) Nr. 1 (Serie nouă)
- 2013 Postage stamp issued by the Republic of Moldova
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