100 Greatest Romanians
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In 2006, Romanian Television conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considered the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time, in a version of the British TV show 100 Greatest Britons. The resu
TV show's logo
Stephen the Great, commemorated on some stamps from 2004, the winner of the contest
Stefan cel Mare
Carol I King of Romania
Stephen the Great
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Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great, was Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 until his death. He was one of the most prominent rulers of late medieval Eastern Europe, noted for his long reign, mi
100 Greatest Romanians
…after each programme. It concluded with a debate. On 21 October, TVR announced that the "greatest Romanian of all time" according to the voting was Stephen the Great. Stephen the Great…
Fresco of Stephen in the Voroneț Monastery, 1488
The Principality of Moldavia in 1483
The medieval fortress at Cetatea Albă (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine)
Putna Monastery, founded in 1466 by Stephen