Orhei Moldova. Orhei. Discover Orhei

Perhaps the most famous attraction of Moldova is Orhei: the ruins of the most ancient city in the country in an incredibly beautiful place. But in fact, Orhei (or, in the Russian manner, Orhei) is no longer a city, but an area along the Reut River, quite comparable to. The fact is that Orhei, founded in pre-Moldavian times and replaced several “layers,” one of which was the Golden Horde, in 1636, by decree of Vasily Lupu (“Wolf”), the last Moldavian ruler who ruled for more than several years, was moved 18 kilometers upstream the Reut. So now there are two Orhei in Moldova: the new one - a city (33 thousand inhabitants) 40 kilometers from Chisinau at the fork in the roads to Soroca and Balti, and the Old one - a settlement between the villages of Trebujeni and Butuceni. So, “attraction No. 1” is precisely Old Orhei, and now I’ll tell you about New: for some reason there is an opinion that there is nothing to see in it, and yet it is perhaps the best-preserved county town of the Bessarabia province.

Of course, I was also in Old Orhei, and I’ll tell you about it, as well as about the stone-cutting village of Braneshti, in the next three parts. I kindly ask you to read this paragraph several times and not write me comments saying that I went to the wrong place.

Getting to Orhei from Chisinau is almost easier than to many areas on the outskirts of the capital: minibuses from the Central Bus Station run every 15-20 minutes, and this does not count those passing by - since the city is located on the main fork in the country, there are dozens of them every day. About 40 minutes after leaving, this view opens up ahead - on the left is the road to Balti (the minibuses going there do not call at the Orhei bus station), on the right is Orhei itself, through which the road to Soroca lies:

The city center with the prospect of three churches - and I never found information about any of them, except for the central one. The red church in the foreground stands at the fork, and if you are traveling by Balti minibus, the city tour will begin approximately from there. The middle St. Demetrius Church is already behind Reut, and is considered the main attraction of the town. In fact, I would call the county center the main attraction - but from here it is completely obscured by trees:

Well, the center opens with the same church of Dmitry Solunsky, the same age as the city (1634-36), one of three buildings in Moldova older than the 18th century (the other two are churches in Causeni) and the only monument in the country from the era of Vasily Lupu, in which especially active Iasi was built. However, visually the church is rather nondescript and is clearly designed for defense:

In addition, even the gates were closed outside the service time, and the church is surrounded by a fence of a considerable height - I, despite my very good height, barely managed to take a photo, holding the camera at arm's length above my head:

In the church yard there is also a hefty cross of unknown date, the pedestal of which was built for the 300th anniversary of the founding of the city under the Romanians... and you will see who stood on the pedestal later:

Even from my trip to Balti, I managed to remember that Orhei is very spectacular from the Balti highway, and then I decided, before going to the center, to admire the city from that side. Across the street from the Demetrievskaya Church, meadows already begin:

And although the “facade” of the city is formed by high-rise buildings, its unique appearance is given by a steep hill, which for some reason reminded me of the Kazakh hills:

The Reut Valley is famous for its quarries, and kotelets was most likely once mined in the quarries above the city:

Directly ahead is an abandoned factory and a Jewish cemetery. Two monuments of two civilizations that left here:

The picture was completed by a hang glider in the colors of the Bulgarian flag, which spent the entire evening circling over the city and meadows - you’ll understand why a little later.

I never made it to Kirkut; I’m not a fan of cemeteries at all. There are such cemeteries in many old cities and former towns of Bessarabia, which by the beginning of the twentieth century were 50-70% Jewish. The list of famous natives of Orhei speaks volumes: for example, the poet Simcha Ben-Zion, the French sculptor Moses Kogan (who died in Auschwitz), the Argentine poet Jacobo Fichman, the first mayor of Tel Aviv Meir Desingof and even the famous and rather controversial Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman.

On the mountain is another unidentified church. However, all of them, except Dmitrievskaya, are rather nondescript and clearly from the second half of the 19th century, therefore they are interesting only as part of the Orhei landscape:

Well, the wind brought music and cheerful cries to me - this is the city center, on the left is the recreation center, right behind the trees is the bus station:

In general, I got to Orhei exactly on the city day - and you should have seen how sincerely the people were having fun at these carousels:

And the Palace of Culture, by the way, is not Stalinist, but another work of Semyon Shoikhet (circus and Palace of Culture of the Railway in Chisinau) of the 1970s. What’s impressive here is not so much the buildings themselves as the plots - I almost fell in love with this uncomplicated collective farmer:

I don’t know whether this is connected with the holiday or not, but Orhei seemed very neat to me. In general, among the Moldovan towns I have seen, it is perhaps the most comfortable - Balti is too industrial, Soroca is too gypsy, and in other cities there is not enough antiquity:

From the cultural center I went out to Vasily Lupu Square with a typical city hall building. The Romanian house on the left side of the frame is in the opening frame, but from the other side. On the wall of the city hall on the right are images of the cathedral in the Curchi monastery near Orhei, which again I did not have time to visit:

The monument to Lupu, by the way, was erected in 1936 - for the 300th anniversary of the city, and originally stood on the same pedestal at the Demetrius Church. This square was built only under the Soviets, in front of the mayor's office stood, of course, Lenin - the ruler was moved to his place in 2000. But in general, Moldova is perhaps the only country annexed on the eve of the war, where the Soviet government did not destroy some monuments of the era of “bourgeois freedom” - Stephen the Great (1928) in Chisinau, Vasily Lupu here... However, these were heroes long ago of the past days, and also built excellent relations with Russia.

Vasily Lupu, unlike Stephen the Great and Peter Rares, left very few traces in Bessarabia. But his reign in 1634-53 was the last “island” of stability in the endless succession of rulers who remained on the throne for a maximum of several years with the support of foreign patrons. Under Volk, Iasi was actively built, which became the capital back in 1574, he tried to subjugate Wallachia and Transylvania, traded with Russia and secretly negotiated an alliance against the Turks, but Lupu was not friends with the Ukrainian Cossacks, openly supported Poland (although in Khmelnitsky’s army Moldovan volunteers fought), for which he was eventually beaten by an alliance of Cossacks and Tatars, after which he made peace with Khmelnitsky and even gave his daughter Roskanda to his son Timofey. The boyars and governors, who were friends with the Polish gentry, immediately came to their aid and, with the help of Wallachia and Transylvania, organized a conspiracy, which ended Lupu’s reign. “Bastard boyars” have always been more relevant for Moldova than for Russia - the country has lived for several centuries in a continuous division of power, and even several strong rulers in a row could have made it the main power of the Balkans.

Lupu Square is also crossed by Lupu Street, the main street in Orhei - in fact, the city stretches along it for 7 kilometers, but on average it is less than a kilometer wide. However, to begin with, I turned into the street behind the house from the introductory frame. After a day in the city, people wait for minibuses to the outskirts and villages:

Orhei courtyards:

The same street goes down in a couple of steep zigzags into a deep hollow of some stream, most likely flowing to Reut from Lake Orhei - it is small and adjacent to the residential areas. On the mountain is the Chateau Vartaley winery, and behind it you could walk to the Old Believer church (not visible from here):

A boiler room with a thick pipe and either a Romanian or even a pre-revolutionary building:

But the medical college is definitely from the Romanian era - a typical school design, I came across these several times:

Having made a circle, I went out on the other side of Lupu Square onto one of the side streets. Orhei district stretches for about a kilometer from the square to the Demetrius Church, and its architecture is mainly concentrated above Vasily Lupu Street. Of the 7 district towns of Bessarabia (Ackerman, Balti, Bendery, Izmail, Soroca, Khotin), Orhei a hundred years ago was the smallest (12 thousand inhabitants), but at the same time it looks much more impressive than the district districts or, and most importantly, much more holistic. Moreover, “by eye” about 2/3 of its buildings are from tsarist times, the rest is Romanian:

And yes, it really happened on the streets so deserted - however, where all the Orhei people were at that time, I have already shown. True, a group of schoolchildren of about 13-14 years old were rushing through these streets with loud screams, and to be honest, their presence bothered me - a rare case in Moldova, in fact the country is not at all a riot.

One of the two streets on which this neighborhood is located runs right along the back of Lupu Street. Here, let's say, a hotel - isn't it Romanian, perhaps? The facade is 100% Soviet, I didn’t even take a photo of it, but from the courtyard it resembles interwar functionalism:

Or here is the apse of the now Orthodox church, suspiciously similar to the former church:

From the south, both district streets are closed by a church (1902-04), perhaps the largest and most beautiful in thoroughly Orthodox Moldova:

Bessarabia, as a part of New Russia, in the 19th century was extremely multinational - Germans, Poles, Bulgarians, and Greeks lived here, invited by the government of Tsarist Russia - some to fertile lands, others away from the Turkish yoke. However, churches are not typical for Moldova, and this particular one is the merit of the local boyars of Polish origin, the couple Grigory Dolino-Dobrovolsky and Cesarina Bokarska - according to a family legend, which Alexander Deorditsa told me, the first built a church in the village of Braviceni, the second - a church in Orhei .

Nearby there is another church - but it could very well be Bulgarian or Greek:

So I went out again onto Lupu Street, about a block from St. Demetrius Church, and walked back towards the square. The development of the street is generally quite dull. The already mentioned former church (?) looks at it with its façade - and here is a church in a county town, so you shouldn’t be surprised, there are a lot of ex-German villages in Moldova:

Crossed Lupu Square again. Basically, the center of Orhei is built up with these Stalin-era low-rise buildings, very typical for Moldova:

Although in general the district of Orhei is much more extensive than those two streets, but for some reason it does not form a single fabric beyond them - only a scattering of individual houses in Soviet buildings. Behind Lupu Square there are three monuments almost in a row. The first is for victims of repression (for Moldova, the darkest year was 1949, when at least 35 thousand people were deported from here, but in journalism and disputes the numbers vary up to six zeros):

The next one is for the victims of Chernobyl. The cross on the atom is impressive:

And finally - to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War:

The furthest point along Lupu Street was a functioning synagogue with architecture characteristic of Bessarabia:

There is another house nearby - I was wondering whether it was Romanian or modern, and it turned out that it was a remodel after all. But very good:

Along the parallel street below Lupu Street, I began to return to the bus station:

I took the last shot in Orhei near the cultural center:

And less than an hour later he returned to Chisinau. In general, I remember this town - it’s clearly not worth neglecting when traveling around Moldova.
The next two parts are about Old Orhei. I went there on another day, and it’s easier to get from Chisinau than from here.

According to the 2004 census, 25,641 people live in Orhei: 46.56% are men, 53.44% are women. Ethnic composition: 89.17% - Moldovans, 3.59% - Ukrainians, 5.45% - Russians, 0.12% - Gagauz, 0.18% - Bulgarians, 0.07% - Poles, 0.14% - Jews, 0.59% - Gypsies, 0.67% - representatives of other nationalities. There are 8,715 registered households in Orhei, each with an average of 2.9 people.

[top] History

The first mentions of Orhei date back to the last third of the 15th century and refer to the pyrkalab (head of administration) of the Orhei fortress, located 18 kilometers downstream of the Reut from the current city. Researchers have tried to interpret the toponym “Orhei” in different ways. According to one version, it comes from the Hungarian word “var” - “city”. According to another hypothesis, “Orhei” is a local term denoting a place for a farm or a yard. There are also those who believe that the name of the city goes back to the Tatar word “orga”, which denoted the residence of the khan.

Orhei has an ancient and rich history. Initially, the village was located in another place, which the inhabitants abandoned several centuries later. The population left the old settlement on Reut and founded a new one with the same name. The old city, abandoned in the first decades of the 16th century, is now called Old Orhei, and the new settlement, which arose in the middle of the 16th century, is called Orhei. The old town became an ordinary village, which disappeared at the beginning of the 18th century.

Archaeologists have discovered in Old Orhei an ancient fortress of the 12th-13th centuries, built of wood and earth. It was destroyed during the Tatar-Mongol invasion of 1241-1242. At the same place around 1330, the Tatar-Mongols built fortifications and even created an oriental-type city called Shehr al-Jedid (translated as New City). In 1369, the Tatar-Mongols were expelled from the Prut-Dniester interfluve, and the local population occupied the city, which was named Orhei. The expansion of the territory of the Moldavian Principality due to the space between the Prut and the Dniester favored the development of Old Orhei, which became a center of handicraft production and trade. Political stability during the reign of Alexander the Good (1400-1432) contributed to the transformation of Old Orhei into a trading settlement.

Evidence of this is the many Moldovan and foreign coins from the time of Alexander the Good, found by archaeologists in Old Orhei.

The stone fortress built by the Tatar-Mongols, although damaged, continued to serve the Moldovans as a defensive center. During the reign of Stephen the Great (1457-1504), the citadel was reconstructed and turned into the residence of the Pyrkalabs. A document dated April 1, 1470 mentions the pyrkalab of the Orhei fortress, which also performed administrative functions in the cinuta. By building earthen and wooden fortifications in Old Orhei, Stefan the Great sought to strengthen the defensive system of Moldova and protect the principality from Tatar raids. The importance that the ruler attached to Old Orhei is indicated by the fact that the governor appointed loyal boyars there as pyrkalabs. These are Radu Gangur, Galesh, Vlaicu, Grozia Mikotić, Ivanko and Alexa.

During the 15th-16th centuries, the fortifications in Old Orhei housed the pyrkalaba palace and the houses of some townspeople. In 1499, as a result of a Tatar raid, the market and the fortress of Old Orhei were devastated. And although the citadel remained in the hands of the Moldovans, its defensive qualities were seriously damaged. A new invasion of the Tatars in 1513 dealt another blow to the fortress. The Tatar raids continued in the following years, causing enormous damage to the fortress, trade and the entire tsinut. The campaign of the Turkish Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in the summer of 1538 to Moldova led to disastrous consequences for the fortress of Old Orhei and Tsinuta. Moreover, there was a real possibility of turning Old Orhei into a Turkish-Tatar fortress in order to strengthen the position of the Ottoman Empire in this region.

The destruction caused by a series of raids after 1499 apparently prompted the city's inhabitants to move to a new location. The transition began to occur more actively after 1530-1540. A new settlement (it is customary to call it Orhei) arose 18 km upstream of the Reut. Old Orhei was completely abandoned. Starting from the 50-60s of the 16th century, sources already speak of a new market, which became the administrative center of the Orhei cinut.

Accurate data about the city of Orhei appears during the reign of Alexander Lapusneanu - from 1554, when a dam began to be built at the confluence of the Kula and Reut rivers, which made it possible to create a lake. Dmitry Cantemir also wrote about him: “Orhei district. It is called so by the name of Orhea, which is on the Reut River, a city that is not particularly large, but quite beautiful and abundant in everything that is needed for human life. Lake Orhei, located not far from the city to the east, and the beautiful island on it provide abundant food.” The census of 1591 registered 2,657 poor people, 380 kurtians (servicemen) and 226 nemes (nobles) in the Orhei cinut.

Since 1559, Orhei appears in official documents as a market town. The settlement began to develop, becoming a regional trading center. Among the owners of the shops that appeared was the then Orhei pyrkalab Nicoare Donich. In 1607, he donated to the Secu monastery “several houses with all the places and shops with goods, which are located in the middle of the Orhei market and were built by us and with our money.”

The period of economic prosperity of the city occurred during the reign of Vasily Lupu, who cleaned the lake, built bridges, developed a number of streets, and founded a settlement near Orhei, the income from which was due to the ruler. Vasily Lupu initiated the construction of the Cathedral of St. Demetrius - one of the 15 churches and monasteries he founded. Pavel Aleppo, who passed through Orhei in 1653, wrote in his travel notes: “The houses are built of stone and wood, and the roads are paved with boards, like in Iasi.”

The Orhei pyrkalabs played an important role in the military-political life of Moldova, concentrating defense and administrative functions in their hands. Among them, the Pyrkalabs from the Danchul-Durak dynasty stand out - representatives of this family became the leaders of the Orhei fortress and the Orhei Tsinut in the 16th-18th centuries. In 1671, a major uprising broke out against the ruler George Duka, who introduced heavy taxes and appointed indifferent dignitaries to important government positions to the detriment of the interests of the boyars and the stratum of service people. The movement acquired a large scale in the Soroca, Orhei and Lapushnen cinuts. The uprising was led by the great serdar (military leader) Orhei Mihalcea Hincu, the former great serdar Apostle Fool and the former klucher (boyar rank) Constantine. In 1672, the rebels reached Iasi, forcing the governor to flee, but he, with the support of the Turkish-Tatar army, then managed to defeat them. The leaders of the uprising fled to Poland. Mihalcea Hincu returned to his homeland under other rulers, but Apostle Fool remained in Poland until the end of his life.

The transfer of the city into private ownership began in 1761, when voivode Scarlat Grigore Ghica, in exchange for several houses in Iasi, gave the steward Constantin Riscani part of the hospodar's domain in Orhei. In 1807, the city was already entirely in the possession of Costaque Balsha. Later, Orhei passed into the hands of the state councilor Alexander Ghika.

In 1833, Orhei received the status of a county town. The old settlement expanded to the north and west, towards the transit routes to Rezina, Balti and Soroca. The population grew, handicraft production developed. However, from an economic point of view, Orhei could no longer compete with such commercial and industrial centers as Balti and Bendery. In 1907, a 4-grade girls' gymnasium was opened in Orhei, which in 1910 was transformed into a 7-grade lyceum.

Until 1947, Orhei remained the center of the county, which included the Bravici, Kiperceni, Criuleni, Raspopeni, Rezinsky, Suslensky and Telenesti districts. During the administrative reform of 1947, the counties were disbanded, and Orhei became a regional center. During Soviet times, the city’s economy developed, industrial and processing enterprises, social and cultural facilities, etc. were put into operation.

In 1998, Orhei became the center of the county of the same name. With the return to districts in 2001, the city was again given the status of a district center.

[up] Historical monuments

Orhei is a city with rich traditions and values. It has 63 historical, memorial, architectural and art monuments, including 14 of national significance and 49 of local significance.

Name of the museum complex Old Orhei comes from the name of the medieval city of Orhei, which existed in the 15th-16th centuries. The name Old Orhei appeared after the population of the city left for another place. The museum complex of Old Orhei is a system of historical and natural monuments, unique landscapes located on high rocky capes, which are formed by the meanders of the Reut River between the villages of Trebuzheni and Butuceni. Archaeological research in Old Orhei began in 1947. Of particular scientific and museum value are the Geta and medieval Moldavian fortresses, a bathhouse, an inn, a church, as well as small and large caves formed in the rocky massifs on the banks of the Reut.

Old Orhei includes two giant rocky capes: Pestere and Butuceni. The originality of the landscape is given by the Reut channel, which has the shape of a canyon running through the limestone layers of the ancient Sarmatian Sea (14 million years ago). The first rock complex, located on the northern edge of the cave series, 20-30 m above the river, is the Bosie Monastery. It is an ancient system of rock galleries, built in several rows. It has a rock church with an altar, naos, and spacious cells.

The second cave complex is located at an altitude of 30-60 m above the river level, to the west of the Bosie monastery, under the base of the Geto-Dacian settlement. Covers approximately 30 caves, built in a limestone massif in several horizontal rows over an area of ​​250 m. Some caves cannot be climbed without special equipment. Various signs are carved on the walls of the cells, which are similar to the symbols characteristic of the early Middle Ages.

The third rock complex is the Peshtere Monastery. It is located 60 m above the level of Reut and seems to continue other galleries of rock chambers (about 50 m to the west). The monastery consists of a church with an altar, a naos, a pronaos and a vestibule, a group of cells, a corridor with steps leading to Reut, and a tunnel carved into the rock in 1820 from the side of the village of Butuceni. A bell tower (1890) rises above the entrance to the tunnel, near it and above the church, on the edge of the cape there is a massive cross dating from the 18th century.

Orheevsky Museum of History and Ethnography has a rich collection of exhibits that shed light on the history of the city, the occupations of its inhabitants, biographies of famous personalities who were born or worked here: soil scientist Nikolai Dimo ​​(1873-1959), poet Yuri Barzhansky (1922-1976), folk music performer Tamara Cheban, writer Onisifor Gibu, who worked at the Orhei Lyceum during the interwar period. The museum is located in a building classified as a historical heritage of the city.

Cathedral of St. Demetrius founded by the ruler Vasile Lupu, was built before 1638-1639 on a hill in the south-eastern part of the country. The church consists of three parts, each of which is dominated by a spherical dome. The bell tower was erected simultaneously with the building. Its interior is visible from the outside due to arches supported on pillars. A memorial plaque with elements of sculpture, installed above the portal leading to the pronaos, reflects episodes in the life of the founders of the temple. In the Church of St. Demetrius, unauthorized work was carried out to replace old wooden window frames with metal-plastic ones, as a result of which the old plaster based on limestone mortar was knocked down, and cement mortar was used instead.

Installed next to the Cathedral of St. Demetrius Monument to Lord Vasily Lupu(sculptor Oscar Hahn, 1932), whose name is associated with many important changes in the development of the city. At first, the bronze statue was located in the city center, but in 1972 it was moved to the church.

Church of St. Nicholas was built in the first half of the 19th century and rebuilt at the end of the same century. The architecture of the temple fits into the tradition of Russian church eclecticism.

Historical monuments are Old Believer Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, built in the middle of the 19th century, and Church of All Saints, founded at the end of the 19th century. A small church appeared in 1904-1915 through the efforts of the local Polish community. Orhei also preserves such architectural and historical monuments as the former women's gymnasium, the district zemstvo assembly (with a park), many residential buildings, and bank offices of the 19th-20th centuries.

[up] Natural resources

Orhei is located in an area with very diverse landscapes. The city covers an area of ​​2047 hectares. The area of ​​farmland outside the city limits is 218 hectares, 54 hectares are allocated to the Ivanos quarry. The rivers Reut and Ivanos belong to the Dniester basin. These rivers are fed by snow, rain and groundwater.

Near Orhei there is one of the richest forest areas - Codri. Trees and shrubs growing in the forests of this region supply valuable raw materials for folk crafts. It is also a wonderful place for recreation, tourism and hunting. The area of ​​green space within the city is 184 hectares (9.1% of the total area), of which 70% are forests.

The fauna in the region is represented by wild boars, badgers, weasels, foxes, martens, roe deer, hares, etc. Rodents include squirrels, marmots and other species. Among the birds that live here, these places are inhabited by thrushes, turtle doves, jays, finches, quails, herons, storks, wild geese and ducks, etc. Carp, bream, pike perch, beluga, etc. are found in the reservoirs.

Orhei has deposits of clay and stone. There are areas occupied by open quarries for the extraction of gravel, pebbles, lands with excess moisture content, salt marshes, and areas prone to erosion and landslides.

Economy

The economic potential of the city is formed by industrial, trade, transport, telecommunications enterprises, economic agents working in the service sector. The industrial sector specializes in the production of food products, juices, canned food, dairy products, bakery products, cigarettes, alcoholic and soft drinks, household goods, haberdashery, and shoes. These are enterprises such as Orhei-Vit JSC, Fabrica de pîine JSC, Gabini JSC, Tobacco Factory, Orlact LLC, Galanta JSC. They provide quality products to both domestic and foreign markets.

The Orhei region produces a wide range of wines. The wine industry is represented by five factories: Orhei Vin JSC, Marvin JSC, Vinul Codrilor JSC, Pivnițele Brănești JSC and Chateau Vartely LLC, exporting their products to Germany, Italy, France, Turkey, Israel, the UK , CIS countries, etc.

Trade and service enterprises are dynamically developing in the city.

[up] Social sphere

The city educational system covers 7 preschool institutions, 4 gymnasiums, theoretical lyceums named after. I. L. Karadzhiale and O. Gibu, vocational school, art and music schools, boarding school, sports school, medical and pedagogical colleges. In the cultural sphere, two cultural centers, 7 libraries, and 9 amateur art groups operate.

The Orhei Museum of History and Ethnography has a rich collection of exhibits that shed light on the history of the city, the occupations of its inhabitants, biographies of famous personalities who were born or worked here: soil scientist Nikolai Dimo ​​(1873-1959), poet Yuri Barzhansky (1922-1976), folk music performer Tamara Ceban, writer Onesifor Gibu, who worked at the Orhei Lyceum during the interwar period, and others.

[up] Tourist routes

One of the most famous in Moldova is the tourist route - Ivancha - Old Orhei - Cricova - Chisinau (120 km). Among the most attractive points for tourists along this route is the museum complex of Old Orhei. The section of the route from Chisinau to Ivanchi passes through an area where winemaking traditions are very rich. The localities of this region, Cricova and Magdacesti, are famous for their wonderful wines. 10 km from the village of Peresechina is the village of Donich - the former estate of the Donich boyars and the house-museum of the classic of Moldavian literature, fabulist Alexander Donich. Then we find ourselves in the village of Ivancha, located in a picturesque place on the edge of the forest and near the river bank. There you can visit the Museum of Folk Crafts, the exhibitions of which present all the traditional activities of folk craftsmen of Moldova.

A few kilometers from Ivanchi is the village of Braneshti, famous for its masons. The houses, gates, and chimneys here are decorated with flowers and stone columns created with amazing skill. The next stopping point is the valley of the Reut River, where the ruins of three ancient settlements are located: the Geto-Dakyi, the Tatar Shehr al-Jedid and the Moldavian medieval one. An Orthodox rock monastery is carved into the steep banks of Reut. In the village of Butuceni there is an old peasant yard from the 19th century that has been turned into a museum. The tourist route then runs along Reut to the Dniester River, the Dubossary reservoir and the hydroelectric power station. On the way back, tourists will have a stop in the underground city of Cricova, whose wine cellars are among the largest in the world.

This territory has been inhabited since ancient times. Many cities were founded and destroyed on this site. The first city that was founded here was called Orhei, which means “fortification”. At the beginning of the 14th century, the Golden Horde conquered this territory and on the site of Orhei a city in the oriental style grew up called Shehr al-Jedid, which means “New City”. In the middle of the 14th century, this city disappeared and a new city with the name Orhei appeared in this place. In the middle of the 16th century, the inhabitants of Orhei moved 18 km to the north. Later they founded a city called Orhei in a new place. The archaeological reserve bears the name of the medieval city located in this place, but it is already called Old Orhei.

Excavations on the territory of Old Orhei have been carried out since the 1940s. In 1968, the museum complex “Old Orhei” was founded. The villages of Trebuzheni, Butucheni, and Morovaya are located on the territory of the museum complex.

Old Orhei today

The museum complex of Old Orhei is a system of historical monuments and natural landscapes. It consists of several steep cliffs. The central rock is called Pestere. The name comes from the numerous caves carved into it (“Peshtere” is translated from Romanian as “caves”). The Butuceni rock very successfully complements Old Orhei. Together with the Pestere rock, they form a complex that is harmonious from all points of view. The Butuceni rock is interesting both from a geological point of view and from the point of view of the uniqueness of the landscape. The magnificent view and traces of disappeared cities amaze every visitor.

Old Orhei is famous for its rock monasteries. This territory was ideal for monasticism in early Christian society. She was isolated from the outside world. At the time when Christians came to this land, it is possible that there were already caves in the rocks, carved by prehistoric tribes who lived in this territory. Most likely, Christians used the existing caves. They "invaded the stone" to "become the rock." Christian life in the rocks of Old Orhei became sacred and eternal. In the Middle Ages, the spread of monastic life forced monks to go deeper into the rocks. They expanded existing caves and carved new ones. Some caves are well preserved to this day. And some were damaged or completely resolved, mainly by earthquakes, which are frequent in this region. Research shows that dozens of monasteries collapsed into the waters of the Reut River, but many complexes are still in good condition.

On the territory of Old Orhei, objects dating back to all periods of the monument’s existence were found. Muslim tiles, pottery, jewelry, figurines. Now they are located in the museum.

There are several historical structures in Old Orhei that attract the attention of both scientists and ordinary people. The oldest fortified structure in Old Orhei is the Geta Fortress. It is located on the Butuchen rock. The fortress has an oval shape, which is oriented from east to west. The fortress communicates with the outside world by a narrow path, which can be easily blocked if necessary, so the area was ideal for building a fortress. At the end of the 3rd century BC, the inhabitants abandoned the fortress due to the invasions of Germanic tribes and Bastarnae.

Another building that attracts interest is the Medieval Fortress. It was built when the Golden Horde conquered the area. The city that existed here was destroyed and a new city called Shehr al-Jedid grew in its place. The wooden fortress was demolished and a new stone fortress was built. A large building was built in this fortress. It had 2 rooms of different sizes and an underground tomb. The building was accompanied by a courtyard. After the city was liberated from the Golden Horde, this building became the residence of the magistrate of the Orhei district. In those days, the patio became an attribute of Moldavian houses. The tomb was converted into a basement and since then basements have also become an attribute of Moldavian houses. This building burned down. Perhaps this happened in 1510, when the Tatars set fire to the entire city.

There are two rock monasteries in Old Orhei that can be visited today. The monks' cells, churches, and stone crosses carved into the rock make a stunning impression. There are magnificent icons and altars made of wood made by Moldovan craftsmen. The ceilings of the rooms are very low, only human height.

In the city founded by the Golden Horde, 3 baths were built (they were called feredeu). They were located in different parts of the city. These were public places where you could swim. All baths were made in oriental style. The foundation of one bathhouse has survived to this day. The building was rectangular in shape. The bathhouse had 2 sections: for men and for women. There was also a special rest room, which contained a stone table and chairs. The building was equipped with central heating. Warm air circulated in the voids under the stone floor and the floor heated up. A caravanserai (khan) was also built in this city. It was rectangular in shape. The caravanserai had a courtyard and also had a small building with two gates: one for entry, the other for exit. Rooms for clients and their horses were located along the interior walls. A similar caravanserai has survived to this day in Bucharest.

The foundation of a church was found southeast of the caravanserai. This church had a shrine, a nave and a nave outskirts 18 meters long. This church is special. The nave vestibule is wider than usual and is separated from the nave by a stone wall. Also on the western wall there were 4 corners, which also distinguish the church from the rest.

For tourists

Those who visit Old Orhei by bus as part of a trip organized by a travel agency are shown only the sights of the village of Butuceni and the neighboring cave temple, but are not shown fragments of a stone fortress and a Tatar settlement, as well as the defensive structures of the Geto-Dacians. On the territory of the reserve there is an ethnographic museum, a restaurant and a hotel.

On weekends, especially in good weather, Old Orhei is filled with visitors, both in private cars and on tourist buses. Keep this in mind if you want to enjoy the atmosphere of antiquity without unnecessary crowds.

Old Orhei, Moldova October 2nd, 2014

The historical and archaeological complex of Old Orhei is one of the most picturesque places in Moldova. It is located 60 km northeast of Chisinau, in the valley of the Reut River. Now the villages of Trebuzheni, Butucheni, and Morovaya are located on the territory of the museum complex.

Sign at the entrance to the Orhei district.

Old Orhei should not be confused with the modern Moldovan city of Orhei, which is twenty kilometers from this place.

The first city founded on this territory was called Orhei, meaning “fortification”. Subsequently, many cities were founded and destroyed on this site, but the name was preserved.

The history of Orhei consists of three periods: the time before the Golden Horde conquered these lands (the end of the thirteenth - the first half of the fourteenth centuries), the Golden Horde period, during which all construction was carried out under the leadership of eastern masters, and, starting from the mid-fifteenth century, the period of formation Principality of Moldova.

During the years of Tatar rule, Orhei was called Shehr al-Jedid (New City). During this period, it acquired an oriental appearance; two caravanserais and a mosque were erected in its center, and public baths and other structures were built on the eastern outskirts. The ruins of these buildings have survived to this day in some places.

Under the Principality of Moldova, Orhei began to grow and acquire important defensive significance. In the second half of the fifteenth century, under the legendary Moldavian ruler Stephen the Great, a stone fortress was built. The style of this building was typical of Moldavian fortifications of that period. The fortress had the shape of a quadrangle with corner towers and a gate tower. Inside was the palace of the pyrkalaba, who was appointed as the head of the highest military and civilian commander of the city and region.

In addition to its enormous historical significance, Old Orhei is also famous for its rock monasteries and hermitages. A huge number of caves were carved into the rocks surrounding the valley of the Reuta River, in which hermit monks settled, hiding from the constant raids of the Tatars and other conquerors.

Now there is an active Butuchensky rock monastery with the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, towering above the valley.

I'm not the first to visit Old Orhei. There are places where you want to return, and this is exactly such a place. It offers stunning views of the valley and river, all surrounded by high cliffs. True, you are not always lucky with the weather, but these are the little things in life.

Local residents make extra money by selling homemade stone souvenirs.

Souvenirs are made mainly from kotelets (white stone), a common rock in these places.

Curious living creatures.

There are quite a lot of tourists here, this is not surprising - Old Orhei is one of the most famous attractions in Moldova.

The Assumption Church stands on the site of the once existing rock monastery of Chituri. Its caves have long been no longer used for their intended purpose.

Monastery courtyard.

Now the monks live in modern cells.

I liked the very bright painting in the church.

Antique bell.

A faucet pumping water from a well.

Behind the obelisk there are the most stunning views of Old Orhei.

The white building is the bell tower of the Peshtere rock monastery. Monks do not live in it and now tourists are allowed into it.

There is a small church inside, and a church store. There is only one monk serving in this monastery.

Nearby there are empty cells where monks once lived. There is no way to straighten up to their full height; one can only imagine how difficult it was for them to exist here.

A lamp is burning in one of the cells.

There is access to the so-called balcony - a small ledge on the wall above the cliff.

There is a tradition here of leaving a coin in the wall in exchange for a wish.

As usual, I wish for “world peace” and barely find a free niche for my coin.

Behind the monastery rock lies the typical Moldavian village of Butuceni. Many local residents open something like inns in their homes.

I took a short walk around the Moldovan village.

Residents of Moldova decorate their homes with special grace.

OPEN LETTER - ADDRESS TO THE MAYOR OF ORHEI - ORGEI REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA Mr. SHOR ILAN MIRONOVICH

Mister MAYOR! ILAN MIRONOVICH!

I AM AN ODESSIAN AND BORN IN ODESSA. BUT I LIVED IN ORGEI FOR 25 YEARS, BELIEVE ABSOLUTELY UNFORGETTABLE YEARS. AND BELIEVE AGAIN THAT THESE WERE PROBABLY THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE!
Here I met, truly, with wonderful people, many of whom are from school years, and this is more than 60 years ago, and still remain the best, most reliable and faithful my friends ...
AT THAT TIME, A FAR, FAR LONG TIME IN ORGEIVA, I THINK LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE IN MOLDAVIA, A SPECIAL, SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY HAS FORMED. AND THIS WAS A UNIQUE, ACTUALLY FAMILY, ATTENTIVE AND INCREDIBLY BENEFITIVE ATTITUDE OF THE CITY RESIDENTS TO EACH OTHER... IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THAT THIS UNIQUE BENEVOLUTION, GOOD MEMORY, EVEN ATTACHMENT TO EACH OTHER TO RUGA AND WHO PREVIOUSLY RESIDED IN ORGEIVA AND LIVING THERE NOW - PRESERVED AND, I THINK, WILL PRESERVE FOR LONG YEARS AND... AS LONG AS WE ARE ALIVE!!!... AND THIS IS DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE ARE SCARED ACROSS ALL THE EXISTING CONTINENTS OF THE HUGE EARTH!...
DIASPORAS OF ORHEIAN-ORHEYEVAN RESIDENTS LIVING IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND LIVING IN MOLDOVA, ACTIVELY “CONTACT” DAILY, COMMUNICATE, EXCHANGE NEWS, AND SOMETIMES ALSO ACTIVELY PROBLEMS THAT ARISE AS WELL AS THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE NEARBY IN THE ONE CITY, IN THEIR OWN TO YOUR FAVORITE ORCHEA...
BUT STILL HUMAN MEMORY IS AN INTERESTING, AMAZING, UNIQUE, UNIQUE CREATION OF NATURE...
AND THESE UNFORGETTABLE TRADITIONAL EVENING festivities - WALKS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS IN FESTIVE, BEST CLOTHES, ON THE MAIN, AT THAT TIME, GOGOL STREET!...
AND THESE TRADITIONAL CAMPS - MEETINGS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS FOR DANCES, FIRST IN THE HOUSE OF CULTURE, LOCATED THEN IN THE SQUARE, AND THEN IN THE NEW, FROM THE SNOW-WHITE MOLDAVAN KOTEL, ONLY - ONLY THE BUILD HOUSEHOLD, PALACE OF CULTURE!...
AND THESE UNIQUE EVENING MOVIE SHOWS IN THE FAMOUS ORGHE SUMMER CINEMA, AROUND WHICH OLD, INCREDIBLY fragrant LINDE PLUM GROWED... AND WHAT HIGH WALLS AND FENCES THIS CINEMA HAD THAT HAD TO BE CASED IN OVERCOME WITH A RAPID THROW, MANAGE TO LAND SUCCESSFULLY AND ALSO QUICKLY DISSOLVE BETWEEN DISSATISFIED INDIGENT SPECTATORS BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF THE EVIL, PEDANTIC AND NERVOUS GRANDMOTHER - THE CONTROLLER, TO WATCH THE NEW FILM FOR FREE AND WITH GREAT ENJOYMENT!...
I AM BOTH A SAILOR AND A JOURNALIST. AND THIS OBVIOUSLY HAPPENED BECAUSE THIS IS HOW THE STARS ARE POSITIONED IN THE SKY AND THIS IS HOW, AND NOT ANY OTHER WAY, THE CARDS FELL OUT ON THE GAMING TABLE OF MY DESTINY.
AND I, JUST LIKE OTHER FORMER ORHEIANS, CONTINUE TO BE MENTALLY, ALMOST DAILY, INVISIBLY PRESENT IN MY DEAR AND HOMETOWN, TO EMPATHATE AND BREATHE WITH THE EVENTS AND CHANGES HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE EVENTS AND SHARP CHANGES!
ILAN MIRONOVICH!
YOU ARE A BRIGHT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW GENERATION OF THE MOLDOVAN ELITE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
WITH YOUR ARRIVAL TO THE VERY HIGH, BUT INCREDIBLY TROUBLESOME AND HIGHLY RESPONSIBLE POST OF THE MAYOR OF SUCH, I REPEAT, A UNIQUE CITY AS ORHEI, THE CITY HAS (RECEIVED) IN OUR CURRENT MOMENT EXPERIENCED ENOUGH NEW TIMES, NEW BREATH, NEW LIFE.
THE CITY BEGAN TO RISE, TO RISE FROM THE KNEES...
THE CHANGES IN ORHEI ARE SIMPLY AMAZING...
THE STANDARD OF LIVING AND WELL-BEING OF CITY PEOPLE IS GRADUALLY, NOT AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, RISING AND IMPROVING.
ORGEEV, SPEAKING IN NORMAL ODESSA LANGUAGE, IS OF COURSE NOT THE FIRST CITY IN MOLDAVIA, BUT ALSO... NOT THE SECOND!!!...
THE REAL RESULT OF YOUR INITIATIVES AS A WISE, THOUGHT, RESPONSIBLE OWNER - THE MAYOR IS AVAILABLE! THE CITY IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE APPROPRIATE, MORE CAREFUL AND...BEAUTIFUL!
AND, COMPLETELY UNEXPECTEDLY, ORHEI IS GRADUALLY TURNING INTO THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF NEW MOLDOVA!!!
THANKS TO YOU, ILAN MIRONOVICH, IN RECENT YEARS OUR CITY HAS BEEN VISITED BY SUCH AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF THE BRIGHTEST STAR, THEATER AND CINEMA STARS, ON A WORLD SCALE, OF A WORLD LEVEL, THAT ALL OF MOLDOVA-MOLDAVIA HAS PROBABLY NOT SEEN FOR ALL THE PREVIOUS CENTURIES OF ITS EXISTENCE...
MOLDAVIA - MOLDOVA ITSELF HAS ALWAYS BEEN INCREDIBLY RICH IN PEOPLE'S TALENTS, WAS FAMOUS FOR ITS UNIQUE MUSICALITY AND THE SPECIAL, UNIQUE "SINGLENESS" OF ITS ETHNOSIS...
AND IT IS ON HER SCENE SKY OF STARS THAT WORLD-FAMOUS, FAMOUS DIAMOND NAMES SUCH AS MARIA BIESHO AND SOFIA ROTARU ARISED AND BLOOMED IN LUXURIOUS COLOR!
WE HAVE TO NOTE THE FOLLOWING, MOLDOVA AT ITS TIME WAS PROVIDED A UNIQUE CHANCE TO CONFIRM ITS MEMBERSHIP IN AN ELITE CLUB OF COUNTRIES, IN WHICH REALLY WAS ARTISTS OF THE HIGHEST, STAR WORLDS, WOW LEVEL! AND MOLDOVA, WELL, IN NO EVENT SHOULD IT BE SO RIDICULOUS TO REFUSE TO ADDITIONALLY DECLARE ABOUT ITSELF, ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER STAR IN ITS ARSENAL - THE LEVEL AND CLASS OF MARIA BIESHA AND SOFIA ROTARU!
MOLDOVA SIMPLY HAD NO RIGHT NOT TO TAKE USE OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE CHANCE!
AND... NEVERTHELESS, TO INCREDIBLY BITTER SORRY, THIS CHANCE, FOR COMPLETELY UNEXPLAINABLE REASONS, WAS NOT USED!
...IN ORGEI ON NOVEMBER 8, 1949, ON PERVOMAYSKAYA STREET AN AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL, DREAMY AND INCREDIBLY TALENTED GIRL APPEARED INTO THIS STRANGE LIGHT OF GOD.
HER NAME was LILECHKA AMARFY.
THIS WAS THE FUTURE SOVIET AND RUSSIAN PRIMA AND QUEEN OF THE MOSCOW STATE ACADEMIC OPERETTA THEATER, PEOPLE’S ARTIST OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, WINNER OF SEVERAL HIGH GOVERNMENT AWARDS, BRILLIANT SINGER, WINNING WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE, WONDERFUL, MAGICALLY CHARMING VOICE - LILIYA YAKOVLEVNA AMARFY, WHO WILL FOREVER CONQUER HEARTS WITH HER DIVINE TALENT ESCAPED AND GRATEFUL SPECTATORS OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS THEATERS AND STAGES IN THE WORLD...
LILECHKA STARTED SINGING, LITERALLY, FROM “NAPPY.” BEING A SOLOIST OF THE ORGEI VOCAL-INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE "CODRU", SHE PERFORMED WITH BRILLIANCE AND CONTINUOUS SUCCESS AT THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS REPUBLICAN AND ALL-UNION COMPETITIONS AND FESTIVALS. LOUD APPLAUSE, FURIOUS SCREAMS OF "BRAVO" "SCENES LITERALLY FLAMED WITH BOUQUETS AND BASKETS OF FLOWERS ACCOMPANIED THE PERFORMANCE OF LILY VO CONCERTS TIME ALL OVER MOLDAVIA AND ABROAD.
IN 1966, THE DECADE OF THE MOLDAVAN USSR WAS HELD IN MOSCOW, IN THE CONTEXT OF WHICH, DURING A PERFORMANCE IN THE KREMLIN PALACE OF CONVENTIONS, LILECHKA ENCOUNTERED A STUNNING SUCCESS!
IN 1967, AFTER GRADING OUT OF ORHEI SECONDARY SCHOOL No. 1 (3), LILY ENTERED VGITIS NAMED AFTER MOSCOW. LUNACHARSKY /THE TREASURED DREAM OF ALL THE BEAUTIFUL AND... NOT VERY, ALL TALENTED AND... NOT VERY GIRLS OF THE SOVIET UNION AND... NOT ONLY.
LILY AMARFY WAS AN ACTIVE TOURING ACTIVITY IN RUSSIA FROM KALININGRAD TO KAMCHATKA, AND ABROAD. THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GERMANY, NORWAY, ISRAEL, ITALY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.
LILIYA YAKOVLEVNA AMARFIY WAS BURIED ON OCTOBER 1, 2010 IN MOSCOW, AT TROYEKUROVSKY CEMETERY, ON ALLEY No. 6a, ON ARTISTS' ALLEY.
A HUGE BOUQUET OF FRESH FLOWERS APPEARS DAILY AT HER GRAVE...
ILAN MIRONOVICH!
WHY DID I DESCRIBE AND TELL EVERYTHING IN SO DETAIL?!...
SORRY! ...
I WILL REPEAT AGAIN - I HAVE TO CONCERN - I STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MOLDOVA, HAVING RECEIVED SUCH AN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS GIFT FROM HEAVEN IN THE PERSON OF LILIA AMARFII, WAS NOT ABLE TO TAKE USE OF SUCH A CHANCE TO BE FAMOUS IN THE THEATER AND OPERA WORLD AND.. . DIDN'T AWARD THE GLORIOUS DAUGHTER OF BOTH ORGEI AND THE REPUBLIC - LILY AMARFIA - THE TITLE OF PEOPLE'S ARTIST, NAMELY OF MOLDOVA?!...
AND NOW, SORRY AGAIN (!) I WANT TO ADDRESS YOU WITH A HUGE REQUEST!!!
I THINK IT IS IN OUR POWER AND WITH GOD’S HELP TO PERFORM WHAT THE STATE OF MOLDOVA AND ORHEI, AS “ALMA MATER”, FAILED TO DO IN A TIMELY AND FAIR...
NOT SO FAR FROM YOUR OFFICE, ON GOGOL STREET, A MARBLE PLATE-PLATE IS ATTACHED TO THE WALL OF A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE: “IN THIS HOUSE LIVED... THE ORHEI POET YURI BARGHANSKY”...
CAN WE NOT AND WILL NOT CORRECT THIS blatant INJUSTICE AND, DESPITE EVERYTHING, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PERPETUALATE THE MEMORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL, NAMELY BEAUTIFUL /LILY WAS INCREDIBLY, DIVINELY BEAUTIFUL/ DAUGHTER OF ORHEI AND MOLDOVA, NATIVE ARTIST OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, WORLD-FAMOUS SINGER AND ACTRESS - LILY YAKOVLEVNY AMARFIY???!!!...
AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF MY MEMORIES ABOUT LILY AMARFIY, ON THE INTERNET THROUGH THE MOSCOW SITE OF L.AMARFIY, SEVERAL DOZENS OF FANS OF LILIYA YAKOVLEVNA’S WORK WERE APPROACHED AND, Oddly enough, WANTED TO COME TO ORHEI AND ASKED ME USING THE INTERNET PROGRAM - "GOOGLE - PLANET" , ON THE 3D IMAGE OF ORHEI EXPLAIN WHERE LILY’S HOUSE WAS LOCATED, WHERE SHE AND MOM LIVED!!!...
AND THIS KHATYNKA HOUSE WAS LOCATED - IF YOU STAND ON THE FORMER PERVOMAYSKAYA STREET WITH YOUR FACE TO THE STADIUM, AND YOUR BACK TO THE NEW /RELATED/ HOUSES, IT WOULD BE AN AREA ROUGHLY ON THE FULL RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE TOWARDS REUT AND THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. DMITRY...
SUBSEQUENTLY, THESE FANS TOLD ME THAT THE MOST AMAZING THING IT WAS THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS HOUSE HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT L. AMARFY AND Wandering around the city, when asking questions, no one could tell them anything clearly or understandably THREAD AND, FURTHERMORE, THEY THEMSELVES /THE ARRIVING FANS/ WERE ASKED A COUNTER QUESTION: “WHO IS THIS?!”
AND ONLY THANKS TO MY TIPS THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THE GRAVE OF LILIYA YAKOVLEVNA'S FATHER IN THE CITY MOLDAVIAN-RUSSIAN CEMETERY. THERE IS A PHOTO IN WHICH SHE STANDS AT THIS GRAVE WITH A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS, DRIVING FROM CHERNIVTSI /CHERNOVITSI/, WHERE SHE WAS ON TOUR, THROUGH ORGEI TO CHISINAU FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH MOLDAVAN TELEVISION AND IMPORTANT TO NOMOLDAVAN JOURNALIST AND PUBLIC FIGURE - AURELIAN DANILA...
ILAN MIRONOVICH!
AND NOW FOR THE ESSENTIAL PROBLEMS AND REQUESTS!...
WHAT DO I STILL WANT TO ADDRESS YOU AND WHAT I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO ASK YOU AS THE MAYOR OF ORHEI - IS IT CAN’T BE INSTALLED, PREFERABLY TWO COMMEMORATIVE MARBLE PLATES:
1. ON THE FAÇADE OF THE ORGEI-ORGEI PALACE OF CULTURE, ON WHERE THE MIRACLE HAPPENED. THE BIRTH OF A NEW WORLD-LEVEL STAR, WHOSE NAME IS AMARPHIAN LILY.
2. ON THE FACADE OF RUSSIAN SCHOOL No. 3 ???!!!...
IF TWO WILL COST EXPENSIVELY, THEN AT LEAST ONE WILL BE ON THE FAÇADE OF THE PALACE OF CULTURE...
IT IS DESIRABLE, OF COURSE... THAT THE BAS-RELIEF WOULD BE VOLUMERIOUS, AND WOULD BE MADE BY A GOOD CRAFTMAN, AND WOULD STAND OUT WITH ITS ORIGINALITY... BUT THAT IT WOULD BE MADE EXACTLY FROM MARBLE - BRONZE VANDALS, NATURALLY A SACRIFICE UT AND...THIS IT WILL BE... JUST NOT VERY NICE...

ILAN MIRONOVICH!
THIS IS SUCH A STUPID AND ENDLESSLY NAIVE REQUEST!!!...
GENERIOUSLY... SORRY FOR BOTH THE REQUEST AND... FOR THE NAIVET!!!...

APPLICATIONS:

LILIYA YAKOVLEVNA AMARFY - BORN ON NOVEMBER 8, 1949, ORGEI, MOLDAVAN SSR.
PASSED AWAY - SEPTEMBER 28, 2010, MOSCOW.
BURIED - OCTOBER 8, 2010, MOSCOW, TROEKUROVSKOE CEMETERY. ALLEY No. 6a,
ALLEY OF ARTISTS.

RANKS: HONORED ARTIST OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - 1983.
PEOPLE'S ARTIST OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - 1998.

AWARDS: ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP - 2003.
ORDER OF HONOR - 2010.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. PERSONAL SITE OF LILY AMARPHIY - LILY AMARPHIY.
/I WILL INDICATE THE LINKS IN SUCH ORDER SO THAT THEY WILL BE AS EASY TO FIND USING YOUR BROWSER SEARCH BAR/
2. AMARPHI LILY - TRACE IN HISTORY - author Elena Pakhomova / BRILLIANT, SIMPLY GREAT WORK OF MOLDAVAN TV JOURNALISTS / - VIDEO - 6 minutes.
3. PRINCESS OF OPERETTA - BOOK PUBLICATION - BUCHAREST - AUTHOR WELL-KNOWN MOLDAVAN JOURNALIST, TV JOURNALIST, PUBLIC FIGURE - AURELIAN DANILA.
4. LILY AMARFY - AURELIAN DANILA - A GREAT INTERVIEW OF MOLDAVAN TELEVISION IN THREE EDITIONS, AN EXEMPLARY FILIGREE WORK BY THE MASTER OF MOLDAVAN JOURNALISM!
5. LILY AMARFY - PORTAL POSTI.RU - AUTHOR - ANATOLY YANI - ODESSA POET.
6. SHE WAS HIS FAVORITE - POEM AND AUTHOR'S PHOTO COLLAGE - PORTAL POSTI.RU - AUTHOR - LINA TOMCHI - ODESSA POET.
7. AMARFY LILY IN THE MEMOIRS OF YURI SUBOTNITSKY - / L.AMARTHY WEBSITE/
8. AH, THIS FIRST LOVE! - STORY - YURI SUBBOTNITSKY.
9. DESTINY SILVER WHISPER - STORY - YURI SUBBOTNITSKY.
10. AMARPHI LILY - MEMORY / THOSE WE LOVE - LIVE / - STORY - YURI SUBBOTNITSKY.
11. GARNET RING - STORY - YURI SUBBOTNITSKY.
12. THE LIGHT OF A DISTANT STAR - AN EXTRACTION OF DESTINY - STORY AND FILM SCRIPT - YURI SUBBOTNITSKY.

WITH SINCERE RESPECT AND WISHES
FURTHER PROSPERITY FOR ORHEI -

YURI SUBBOTNITSKY

JOURNALIST,
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL
UNION OF JOURNALISTS
UKRAINE,
FIRST MATE
OFFSHORE VESSELS
BLACK SEA SHIPPING COMPANY

ADDITIONAL APPEAL TO THE ASSISTANT MAYOR OF ORHEI
ON CULTURAL ISSUES...

Mister Christie!

Generously forgive me for addressing you without a middle name! I urgently need to send you another, additional letter before I receive a negative response from you to my appeal to Ilan Mironovich!

Mister Christie!

You know, if I occupied a certain position in the mayor's office of Orhei and were approached with the same request, similar to the one with which I addressed Ilan Mironovich - I, believe me and I swear, would have solved it positively in 15 seconds!! !

Unfortunately, we were brought up in such a way in the traditions of the Soviet past that it is easier, without thinking, to say “NO!!!” than to say “YES!!!”.

My first letter lies in the Orhei city hall - three weeks! And I asked to confirm the very fact of receiving an appeal to Ilan Mironovich, because I was not 100% sure or whether I had the correct address - I still haven’t received an answer!!!

Sending a letter to Orhei, I analyzed possible scenarios in response to my rather unusual request and... a possible answer...

The established creative, impeccably and extraordinarily successful life of Liliya Yakovlevna, high titles and government awards, resounding stage success and world recognition of her talent on numerous, the most prestigious stages of the globe, inimitable, unique, given by the Lord God himself, the pearl gamut of the colorful palette of her voice - not leave NO doubt about the necessity and obligation, YES...YES... precisely the DUTY to honor her memory with both her hometown of Orhei and the Republic of Moldova, as the country that gave the world such a unique nugget!!!

I repeat, the level of Liliya Yakovlevna’s talent stands at the same unusually high level as such star names - Maria Bieshu and Sofia Rotaru, and, quite possibly, much higher...

That is, from this side there is nothing to “CAPTIFY” about!!!...

The only thing that can be reproached to some extent and on this basis can be said: “NO!!! UNDER NO EVENT!!!” this is that after graduating from school in Orhei, she went to Moscow and entered such a prestigious university as VGITIS, and then, until leaving this world, she devoted her life to a unique artistic genre - operetta...
Yes, Lilia Yakovlevna is indeed a Russian-speaking and singing actress, but she was brilliant, fluent in the Moldovan language, sang incomparably in this language and, in addition to all this, possessing natural dance skills and choreography,
superbly performed folk and modern national Moldavian dances...

But the artist’s lofty, stellar creativity has no national boundaries for true art admirers! And while performing on the high Moscow stage, Liliya Yakovlevna did not lose her creative ties with Moldova in general and her life connections with Orhei, in particular... Every year she either came on tour to Moldova or came to her native Orhei to visit her father’s grave...

The second thing you can “CLAIM” about is that...

I am quite an adult and I understand perfectly well that the Moldovan people can and do have certain claims both to Russian speakers, and to Russia, to the Russian Federation, as the successor of the Soviet Union...
But in the context of my request and the request of many thousands of fans of Lilia Amarfiy’s work, let’s postpone this topic or topics to politicians and historians and... let’s not collect all the black dead cats in one dimensionless bag...

To be honest, I have never been interested in the problem of nationality before...

I have never asked a person before: “Yes, damn it, what is your nationality, after all?! - Moldavian, Jew, Russian, Tatar, Uzbek..”! I won’t be original - I believed and still believe that the most important and important thing is that a PERSON BE GOOD, in the human understanding of the meaning of this word!!!...

Probably, according to this principle, one can cling to Liliya Yakovlevna - she, in her own words, considered herself a Jew...

Although the eight-minute video clip is amazing in its depth and brevity of elaboration of the factual material, the impeccable work of the Moldovan television journalists of the REPUBLIC TV company - "AMARTHIAN LILY - TRACE IN HISTORY", a true masterpiece of television journalism, says quite the opposite...
Take a look and I guarantee you will truly enjoy it...

Her uncle, her father’s brother, lived all his life in Romania, in Braila, that is, he was either Moldovan or Romanian by nationality... Mom Maria Efimovna... I never asked her what her nationality was...

I repeat - the topic of nationality has NEVER interested me...

So, “CAPPING” about the problem of nationality... I think /speaking Odessa language/ - well, it’s somehow NOT NICE at all!!!...

In this case, the question is “THEN WHY, MOST PROBABLY - NOT!!!...”.

Mister Christie!

I really want to PERSONALLY ask you that the texts of both of my letters of appeal, with all my incredible busyness, be reviewed by Ilan Mironovich - PERSONALLY...

SINCERELY

YURI SUBBOTNITSKY

Journalist, member of the National

Union of Journalists of Ukraine,

First mate

Offshore vessels

Black Sea Shipping Company

E-mail- [email protected]

WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF LILY AMARPHI...
YOU MUST CLICK ON THIS ADDRESS -