Colonel Cerchez's Campaign Trunk / The History of Romania in One Object

This week's object in focus brings us back to one of the most important moments in the creation of modern, democratic Romania, the War of Independence  of 1877-78. The siege of Plevna and the consequent surrender of the great Ottoman general Osman Pasha to Colonel Cristodulo Cerchez became an enduring symbol of bravery in battle and magnanimity in victory. Learn more about the era and its heroes through the story of Colonel, later General, Cerchez's campaign trunk, which accompanied him throughout the entire campaign. Text by historian and curator Sorin Iftimi. Video presentation by historian and curator Ioan Iațcu. Film by Mihai Neagu. A team of Moldavia's History Museum in Iași.

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Sorin Iftimi graduated from the Faculty of History of the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași in 1993 and since 1995 he has been…