{"id":38647,"date":"2026-02-25T12:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/?p=38647"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:41:51","slug":"statuia-moldova-plange-si-boierul-antiunionist-nicolae-istrati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/statuia-moldova-plange-si-boierul-antiunionist-nicolae-istrati\/","title":{"rendered":"Statuia \u201eMoldova pl\u00e2nge\u201d \u0219i boierul antiunionist Nicolae Istrati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00cen curtea Bisericii \u201eSf\u00e2nta Treime\u201d din Rotop\u0103ne\u0219ti, sat din comuna Horodniceni a jude\u021bului Suceava, se \u00eenal\u021b\u0103 o sculptur\u0103 care nu las\u0103 pe nimeni indiferent: o femeie \u00een doliu, cu capul plecat, cople\u0219it\u0103 de triste\u021be. Boierul care a ridicat-o i-a dat un nume f\u0103r\u0103 echivoc \u2013 \u201eMoldova pl\u00e2ng\u00e2ndu-\u0219i Unirea&#8221;, cunoscut\u0103 mai simplu ca \u201eMoldova pl\u00e2nge&#8221;. Autorul ei moral a fost Nicolae Istrati, om politic \u0219i scriitor moldovean, cel mai important ideolog al mi\u0219c\u0103rii antiunioniste din Principatul Moldovei.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nicolae Istrati s-a n\u0103scut \u00een 1818, dintr-o veche familie boiereasc\u0103 cu r\u0103d\u0103cini ad\u00e2nci \u00een istoria Moldovei \u2013 un str\u0103mo\u0219 \u00eendep\u0103rtat fusese \u00eennobilat de \u0218tefan cel Mare, iar un altul fusese chiar domnitorul Istratie Dabija. A tr\u0103it \u0219i a ac\u021bionat \u00eentr-o epoc\u0103 fr\u0103m\u00e2ntat\u0103, servind ca ministru \u00een Moldova pe vremea caim\u0103c\u0103miei lui Nicolae Vogoride, perioad\u0103 \u00een care s-a implicat activ \u00een opozi\u021bia fa\u021b\u0103 de unirea celor dou\u0103 Principate.<\/p>\n<p>Al\u0103turi de Gheorghe Asachi \u0219i Costache Negruzzi, Istrati argumenta c\u0103 unirea va aduce marginalizarea Moldovei, c\u0103 Ia\u0219ii vor deveni un ora\u0219 excentric al noului stat \u0219i c\u0103 moldovenii vor fi absorbi\u021bi treptat, ca un popor cucerit mai degrab\u0103 dec\u00e2t ca unul asociat de bun\u0103 voie cu Valahia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00cenfr\u00e2nt politic, Istrati s-a retras la Rotop\u0103ne\u0219ti, pe mo\u0219ia sa, \u0219i nu a mai revenit \u00een via\u021ba public\u0103. Acolo a construit biserica satului, a \u00eenfiin\u021bat mai multe \u0219coli (\u00eencep\u00e2nd cu 1853) \u0219i a adus profesori din Italia pentru un conservator de muzic\u0103 \u2013 printre ei Pietro Mezzeti, fost elev al lui Rossini \u2013 organiz\u00e2nd primele clase de cor mixt din \u021bar\u0103, \u00een care c\u00e2ntau laolalt\u0103 b\u0103ie\u021bi \u0219i fete din sat. Se spunea c\u0103, dac\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2lnea un copil cu drag de carte, \u00eei elibera toat\u0103 familia din iob\u0103gie \u0219i o \u00eenzestra cu p\u0103m\u00e2nt \u0219i animale, cu singura condi\u021bie ca acel copil s\u0103 urmeze calea \u00eenv\u0103\u021b\u0103turii. Aceast\u0103 latur\u0103 a personalit\u0103\u021bii sale este greu de contestat \u0219i r\u0103m\u00e2ne, probabil, mo\u0219tenirea sa cea mai concret\u0103 \u0219i mai durabil\u0103.<\/p>\n<p>Tot la Rotop\u0103ne\u0219ti a ridicat \u0219i statuia care \u00eel define\u0219te simbolic. \u201eMoldova pl\u00e2nge\u201d a fost g\u00e2ndit\u0103 ca m\u0103rturie a unei suferin\u021be pe care Istrati o considera colectiv\u0103, nu doar personal\u0103.<\/p>\n<p>Istrati nu a apucat s\u0103 vad\u0103 cum vor evolua lucrurile \u00een Moldova dup\u0103 unirea din 1859 \u2013 \u00een 1861 a murit otr\u0103vit \u00een timpul unui bal la conacul s\u0103u, \u00een circumstan\u021be neelucidate p\u00e2n\u0103 ast\u0103zi. A fost \u00eenmorm\u00e2ntat \u00een chiar biserica pe care o ridicase.<\/p>\n<p>A fost un om al contradic\u021biilor: antiunionist convins, dar filantrop devotat; adversar al centraliz\u0103rii politice, dar ctitor de institu\u021bii culturale de o anvergur\u0103 neobi\u0219nuit\u0103 pentru un sat de l\u00e2ng\u0103 F\u0103lticeni.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Sursa: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1BGPkEDTg5\/\">Sufletul Moldovei<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00cen curtea Bisericii \u201eSf\u00e2nta Treime\u201d din Rotop\u0103ne\u0219ti, sat din comuna Horodniceni a jude\u021bului Suceava, se \u00eenal\u021b\u0103 o sculptur\u0103 care nu las\u0103 pe&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Statuia \u201eMoldova pl\u00e2nge\u201d \u0219i boierul antiunionist Nicolae Istrati - traditia.md","description":"\u00cen curtea Bisericii \u201eSf\u00e2nta Treime\u201d din Rotop\u0103ne\u0219ti, sat din comuna Horodniceni a jude\u021bului Suceava, se \u00eenal\u021b\u0103 o sculptur\u0103 care nu las\u0103 pe nimeni indiferent: o"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-istorie-si-cultura","category-stiri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traditia.md\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}