Moldavian Revolution of 1848
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The Moldavian Revolution of 1848 is the name used for the unsuccessful Romanian liberal and Romantic nationalist movement inspired by the Revolutions of 1848 in the principality of Moldavia. Initially
Communist-era plaque marking the site of the Petersburg Hotel, where an assembly on 8 April met and drew up a petition for Prince Mihail Sturdza.
Mihail Sturdza
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Prince Mihail Sturdza was prince ruler of Moldavia from 1834 to 1849. He was cousin of Princess Roxandra Sturdza and Prince Alexandru Sturdza.
Moldavian Revolution of 1848
…class still embryonic. In Moldavia the boyars, from whose lower ranks the revolutionaries would be drawn, had come into sharp conflict with Prince Mihail Sturdza, objecting to his authoritarianism and failure to consult them, with some desiring the throne for themselves. They denounced him to Saint Petersburg…
Sturdza in the 1860s
Princess Smaranda Sturdza, born Princess Vogoride of Samos
Commemorative stamp
Bust of Mihail Sturdza in Baden-Baden