Romanian Chronicler 1833 year

5 October in the Chernihiv Historical Museum named after V.V. Tarnovsky, a museum meeting was held dedicated to the history of one artifact - the Romanian Chronicler 1833 year.

This is a liturgical book, which contains the observance of the daily circle of divine services. It is printed in Romanian in Cyrillic. Published in the printing house of George Closius (м. Sibiu, Transylvania).

Records have been preserved in the book, which clarify that, how she ended up in Chernihiv Oblast. It was brought by soldier Gavrilo Baran from the Romanian front during the First World War, a resident of Olbyn village, Oster district, Chernihiv province, who made the following entry in it: “I found this book during a retreat under enemy pressure in Romania on the road from the city of Medjidia to the city of Braila. 1916 ninth day of October”.

The distance between these settlements is approx 170 km. But reduce the geographical scale to determine a more precise location, Gavril Baran's personal diary helped where the soldier found the book. The Chronicler was found among the villages of Satu Nou (which is near. Medzhidia) and the village of Bazarlu on the road among the things left by the refugees. He writes: “We left, that is, we went out onto the road in terrible darkness and a little rain, we saw a terrible picture: retreating troops, refugee carts, infantry, artillery, Cossacks - everything mixed together... and when dawn, then my eyes saw even more terrible pictures. There were a lot of all kinds of property lying everywhere along the road., abandoned by refugees, like sewing machines, pillows, books, dishes and other things. And grain: wheat, corn, the whole ditch was filled with oats and other things.”.

It was not possible to find the settlement of Bazarlu on a modern map, but it is clear from the text that it is at the distance of the soldiers' night journey from the village of Satu Nou.

The diary is carefully preserved by his descendants in the family archive. The great-granddaughter of G. came to the meeting at the museum. Ms. Barana Zoya Borisivna Silina, who kindly provided the manuscript for presentation to the meeting participants and talked about some milestones in the life of her ancestor.

The great-great-grandson of G. was also present at the meeting via online communication. Ram - Archpriest Mihail Grechylo. He read the most interesting excerpts from his ancestor's diary, from which it became known, that Gavrilo Baran was a clerical clerk at the military bakery.

Our Romanian colleagues also joined the museum meeting. So, with a report on the history of the George Closius printing house (and by that time the Bart family) and its cultural and educational significance in Romania was presented by Ms. Oksana Stredije - head of the library of the Mures Region Museum. She also talked about a copy of the Chronicle from this printing house, which is stored in their library. The participants of the event were able to compare two museum books.

On the pages of the church calendar, which are at the end of the Chronicle from the collection of the Chernihiv Historical Museum named after. VV. Many records of Tarnovsky have been preserved, which relate to the dates of birth or death of members of the Baran family.

Some records report on the events of World War II: 1) "August 1942 28 day the German army entered Olbin and then Vitya was killed, may his memory be eternal.”. 2) «1943. 13 On September the Germans entered Olbin (crossed out) Red Army soldiers" and others.

There is also a recording, which tells about the weather in spring 1942 year: “In March 1942, according to the old style, there were frosts on the 1st 16⁰, 2the 22⁰, 3the 21⁰…»

Many entries have been preserved in the book in Romanian. Unfortunately, at this time they are not deciphered. However,, thanks to the help of our Romanian colleagues, it was possible to establish, that the book was bought in Bucharest in the middle of the 19th century.

The chronology is decorated with wonderful engravings, screensavers, initials and endings. Frame of the 19th century. The size of the book is 18x12 cm.

Старший науковий співробітник музею,
Candidate of Theology Miroslav May-Boroda