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Costea Bucioc
Costea Bucioc or Coste Băcioc (also known as ''Büczek'';? – July or September 1620) was a Moldavian statesman, commander of the military forces, and father-in-law of Prince Lupu (Vasile) Coci. He began his political career in the 1580s, emerging in the late 1590s as an ally of the Movilești dynasty, with then-Prince Ieremia Movilă advancing him to the post of '' Clucer''. From 1601, he was Constantin Movilă's ''Paharnic'', receiving from him the estate of Deleni and other villages around Hârlău, which formed part of a Bucioc domain that also extended into Bukovina and Bessarabia. Together with the Movilești, he became one of the great landowners of his generation, and one of the first Moldavian boyars known to have owned serfs. Some of his assets went into refurbishing Râșca Monastery, of which he was patron, or ''ktitor''. As an army leader, Costea was involved in the Moldavian Magnate Wars, during which the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth fought to emancipate its ...
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Râșca Monastery
Rasca and similar may refer to: Geography Romania * Râșca, Cluj, a commune in Cluj County * Râșca, Suceava, a commune in Suceava County * Râșca, a village in Drăgănești Commune, Neamț County * Râșca, a village in Gura Caliței Commune, Vrancea County * Râșca, a village in Moldovița Commune, Suceava County * Râșca, a village in Ripiceni Commune, Botoșani County * Râșca Mare, a tributary of the Someșul Rece in Cluj County * Râșca (Moldova), a tributary of the Moldova in Suceava County * Râșca (Neamț), a tributary of the Moldova in Neamț County * Râșca (Someș), a tributary of the Someșul Cald in Cluj County People * Rasca (footballer), the nickname of Angolan footballer Maieco Domingos Henrique António See also * Rășcani (other) * Rîșcani Rîșcani (, also spelled ''Râșcani'') is a city in Moldova. It is located in the north-western part of the country, in the old Bessarabia region. It is the largest city and administrative ce ...
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Constantin Movilă
Constantin Movilă (1594 – July 1612) was the Prince of Moldavia from 1607 to 1611. The son of Prince Ieremia Movilă and driven by his mother, the ambitious Erszébet Csomortany de Losoncz, he twice seized the Moldovan throne at the expense of his cousin Mihai Movilă, son of Simion I Movilă in 1607. In 1610 he welcomed Prince Radu X Șerban of Wallachia who was exiled. The following year he was dethroned by Ștefan Tomșa, the second son of the ephemeral prince of Moldova, Ștefan VII Tomșa. As a refugee in Poland, he attempted to regain the throne leading an army assembled by his Polish brothers-in-law. Defeated at the Battle of Cornul lui Sas, he had to pass the Dniester river The Dniester ( ) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Uk ... again, but once on the left side of the ba ...
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Impalement
Impalement, as a method of torture and execution, is the penetrating trauma, penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook, often by the complete or partial perforation of the torso. It was particularly used in response to "crimes against the state" and is regarded across a number of cultures as a very harsh form of capital punishment and recorded in Impalement (in myth and art), myth and art. Impalement was also used during times of war to suppression of dissent, suppress rebellions, punish traitors or collaborators, and punish Insubordination, breaches of military discipline. Offences where impalement was occasionally employed included contempt for the state's responsibility for safe roads and trade routes by committing highway robbery or grave robbery, violating state policies or monopolies, or subverting standards for trade. Offenders have also been impaled for a variety of cultural, sexual, and religious reasons. References to impalement in Babyl ...
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Iskender Pasha (governor Of Ozi)
Iskender Pasha (, ; 1620) was an Ottoman commander and the beylerbey of Oczakov ( Ozi). In 1620 Iskender Paşa led an Ottoman army, with Wallachian contingents (13,000-22,000) against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Cecora, where he was victorious.''History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey'' by Ezel Kural Shaw p.19/ref> In 1613–1614 he was the beylerbey of the Bosnia Eyalet The Eyalet of Bosnia (; By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters ; ), was an eyalet (administrative division, also known as a ''beylerbeylik'') of the Ottoman Empire, mostly based on the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. .... Notes 17th-century Ottoman military personnel Pashas Ottoman generals Ottoman governors of Bosnia People of the Polish–Ottoman War (1620–21) 17th-century governors of the Ottoman Empire {{Ottoman-bio-stub ...
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Braniște, Rîșcani
Braniște is a commune in Rîșcani District, Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Avrămeni, Braniște, Reteni and Reteni-Vasileuți.''Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova'' (CUATM)


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* (1932–2017), Romanian-Moldavian historian and politician * Boris Vieru (1957–2019), Moldovan politician *



Gaspar Graziani
Gaspar (or Gașpar, Gasparo) Graziani (also credited as Grazziani, Gratiani and Grațiani; 1575/1580 – 29 September 1620) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between February 4OS/February 14 NS 1619 and September 19 OS/September 29 NS 1620 (''see Adoption of the Gregorian calendar''). Early life Gaspar Graziani de Candia is of Venetian Italian or Croatian origin and is assumed that he originate from Bihać area. The byname "Croatian" used along with his Christian name and surname, Croat Gašpar Graziani Kandija, appears in European and Ottoman sources. In the present paper, the author deals with published data on the historical figure, Gašpar Graziani (1570/80?-1620), almost unknown in Croatian historiography. He was probably from the region of Bihać, although his real family name is not known. His name, along with the word "Croatian", can be commonly found in contemporary European and Ottoman sources. A polyglot born in Dalmatia, Graziani had been in the service of severa ...
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Administrative Divisions Of Moldavia
A ''ținut'' (pl. ''ținuturi''; sometimes translated in English as "region", "district" or "municipality"Gerald J. Bobang, ''The emergence of the Romanian national State'', East European Quarterly, 1979. . p. 227.) were the traditional subdivision of the Principality of Moldavia (1359–1859). Principality of Moldavia (late 14th century – 1859) Lower Country ''(Țara de Jos)'' :Iași County : Cârligătura County (later merged with Iași County) :Roman County :Vaslui County :Tutova County : Bârlad County (later merged with Tutova County) : Tecuci County : Horincea County (later merged with Covurlui County) :Covurlui County : Putna County : Adjud County (later merged with Putna County) :Fălciu County : Soroca County : Orhei County : Lăpușna County Upper Country ''(Țara de Sus)'' : Hotin County :Cernăuți County : Dorohoi County :Suceava County :Neamț County : Hârlău County (later Botoșani County) :Bacău County : Trotuș County (later merged with Bacău C ...
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