Dora d'Istria
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Dora d'Istria, pen name of Duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica, was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian origin. She was an advocate for the Albanian national cause of
Portrait of Dora d'Istria by Petre Mateescu (1876)
Lithographed portrait of Dora d'Istria
Albanians in Romania
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Albanians in Romania are an officially recognized ethnic minority, with one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies to the League of Albanians of Romania.
Dora d'Istria
…Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica (Gjika) (22 January 1828 in Bucharest – 17 November 1888 in Florence), was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian origin. She was an advocate for the Albanian national cause of the 19th century, and promoted the Albanian struggle for independence in Western Europe, despite…
Grigore IV Ghica, Prince of Wallachia (1822–1828)
The Ghica Palace in Comăneşti
An Albanian in Wallachia (1866 watercolor by Amadeo Preziosi)
The newspaper Sqipetari/Albanezul, published by the Albanian community (1889)