20th Heraldry Symposium – Republic of Moldova (27 April 2026)

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The 20th Heraldry Symposium occurred in Chisinau (Republic of Moldova), being organized by “Paul Gore” Society of Genealogy, Heraldry and Archives, in collaboration with the National Commission of Heraldry under the President of the Republic of Moldova, and the National Museum of History of Moldova.

The symposium took place on Friday, 27 April 2026, in the Conference Hall of the National Museum of History of Moldova in Chisinau, having the following heraldic lectures:

  1. Dr. Ana BOLDUREANU (National Museum of History of Moldova) – “Inelul-sigiliu al boierului Laţcu descoperit în nord-estul Basarabiei” (= The Signet Ring of Boyar Lațcu Discovered in the North-Eastern Part of Bessarabia);
  2. Drăgan-George BASARABĂ (“N. Iorga” Institute of History of the Romanian Academy) – “Un «gros fursth vs der wallachÿ» în heraldica occidentală: ipoteza Roman al II-lea al Moldovei” (= A “gros fursth vs der wallachÿ” in Western Heraldry: The Roman II of Moldavia Hypothesis);
  3. Dr. Teodor CANDU (National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History), Tudor CIOBANU (National Archives Agency) – “Câteva sigilii boiereşti din Moldova secolelor XVII-XVIII” (= Several Boyar Seals from 17th–18th Century Moldavia);
  4. Dr. Oleh ODNOROJENKO (Institute of History of Lithuania, Vilnius) – “Steme din secolele XVIII-XIX ale unor neamuri boiereşti «plecate din Moldova în timpul războiului cu turcii» şi stabilite în Ucraina Sloboziilor” (= 18th–19th Century Coats of Arms of Boyar Families Who “Left Moldavia During the War with the Turks” and Settled in Sloboda Ukraine);
  5. Dr. Eugeniu LAZĂR (National Museum of Romanian History) – “Diploma de danie acordată de împărăteasa Ecaterina cea Mare a Rusiei spătarului Emanoil Balş la 7 februarie 1794” (= The Grant Charter Awarded by Empress Catherine the Great of Russia to Spatharios Emanoil Balș on 7 February 1794);
  6. Dr. Vlad MISCHEVCA (Institute of History, Moldova State University) – “Tradiţia naţională versus tradiţia imperială rusească în heraldica teritorială a Basarabiei la începutul secolului al XIX-lea” (= National Tradition versus Russian Imperial Tradition in the Territorial Heraldry of Bessarabia at the Beginning of the 19th Century);
  7. Dr. Andrei PROHIN (National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History) – “Simbolurile covoarelor basarabene în viziunea etnologului Ion H. Ciubotaru” (= The Symbols of Bessarabian Carpets in the Vision of Ethnologist Ion H. Ciubotaru);
  8. Alexandru DANEŞ (Romanian Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry “Sever Zotta”, Iași) – “Întregiri la cunoaşterea heraldicii teritoriale a Basarabiei între 1918 şi 1919” (= Contributions to the Knowledge of Bessarabia’s Territorial Heraldry between 1918 and 1919);
  9. Dr. Attila István SZEKERES (Association of Heraldry and Vexillology of Transylvania, Sfântu Gheorghe) – “Românizarea stemelor administrative din Transilvania după 1918” (= The Romanianization of Administrative Coats of Arms in Transylvania after 1918);
  10. Dr. Tudor-Radu TIRON (National Commission of Heraldry, Genealogy and Sigillography of the Romanian Academy) – “Din faleristica României interbelice: decorarea regelui Carol al II-lea cu Ordinul Suveran de Malta” (= From the Phaleristics of Interwar Romania: The Awarding of King Carol II with the Sovereign Order of Malta);
  11. Dr. Alexandru MOLCOSEAN (Institute of History, Moldova State University) – “Sigiliul Artelului Evreiesc din satul Gherşunovca, raionul Râbniţa, o sursă inedită privind istoria colectivizării agriculturii în RASS Moldovenească” (= The Seal of the Jewish Artel from the Village of Gherșunovca, Rîbnița District, an Unpublished Source on the History of Agricultural Collectivization in the Moldavian ASSR);
  12. Dr. hab. Andrii GRECILO (M. S. Hrushevskyi Institute of Ukrainian Archeography and Source Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv Branch) – “Simbolurile heraldice ale oraşului şi raionului Zastavna, regiunea Cernăuţi” (The Heraldic Symbols of the Town and District of Zastavna, Chernivtsi Region);
  13. Angela FURTUNĂ (Office of the President of the Republic of Moldova) – “Însemnele heraldice ale oraşelor înfrăţite cu municipiul Chişinău” (The Heraldic Insignia of the Cities Twinned with the Municipality of Chișinău);
  14. Dr. Silviu TABAC (Office of the President of the Republic of Moldova) – “Coroanele de timbrare a scutului în heraldica teritorială a Republicii Moldova” (= Shield Crowns in the Territorial Heraldry of the Republic of Moldova).