TWO DESTINIES, ONE HISTORY, THAT OF THE ROMANIANS: IN MEMORY OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS GHEORGHE PALADE AND ION AGRIGOROAIEI

Abstract

University professors Gheorghe Palade and Ion Agrigoroaiei researched major problems of Romanian history in the contemporary era. Both university teachers, being born in Bessarabia, had the opportunity to carry out their research in their favourite field only after the fall of communism. Their scientific investigations were accompanied by a prodigious teaching activity, carried out in the most prestigious universities in Chisinau and Iasi. By cultivating the historical knowledge in young people on both sides of the Prut river, their university professors Gheorghe Palade and Ion Agrigoroaiei, were road openers and bridge builders who fortified the spiritual and cultural connection between Bessarabia and its historical homeland Romania. The legacy left by the two teachers is relevant through published books and studies, through formulated thoughts and ideas, through unique historiographical concepts, all being taken over by their many disciples who continue the noble mission of being historians.

Keywords

• gheorghe palade
• ion agrigoroaiei
• romanian history
• university professors
• historians
• notorious personalities