Bicentenarul naşterii lui Ion Ionescu de la Brad, marcat prin ample manifestări organizate de Filiala Bacău a Societăţii de Istorie şi Retrologie Agrară
The Bicentenary of the birth of Ion Ionescu de la Brad, marked by the extensive manifestations organized by the Society of Agrarian History and Retrology, Bacău branch

Summary/Abstract: This material sets out to present, in three chapters, the personality of the one who was the revoluționary, agronomist, economist, statistician and even philosopher, Ion Ionescu de la Brad. Thus, the first chapter presents his years of study and professional training, starting with the primary education in his hometown, continued in Iași and completed, in several stages, in France. Thereafter, the paper presents his revoluționary activity, alongside other remarkable representatives of the Revoluțion of 1848 in the Romanian Lands, his uncurbed scientific activity, conducted as emigrant in Turkey and after his return to the country, that is to the United Pricipalities, coming into his own as the representative of the implementațion of the reforms adopted by the Ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza, esprcially with regard to the apportionment of property and emabipation of the peasantry, including in Brad village, where he will settle until the end of his days. The following chapter presents, in detail, the activity of the Bacău Subsidiary of the Romanian Society of Agrarian History and Retrology, under the presidentship of Prof. Vilică Munteanu, for the preparation of the 26th Național Symposium, organized in Bacău, between the 22nd and 24 of June, 2018, on the topic „The Bicentennial of the Birth of Ion Ionescu de la Brad”. The third and last chapter presents the actual progress of the symposium, consisting of the participants scientific sessions on the 23rd of June, in the amphitheatres of „Vasile Alecsandri” University in Bacău. In the following day, we proceeded to the unveiling and sanctification of the new bronze bust of Ion Ionescu de la Brad, placed on a granite pedestal in the courtyard of the Agricultural Directorate in Bacău, followed by the excursion to Brad. Here, in front of the great demiurge’s and his predecesors monument, the religious sanctification conducted by a group of priests took place, followed by the presentation of the old Dacian fortress, Zargidava and by several scientific sessions. The entire activity in Brad was ended by a performance given by a group of students from Negri commune.

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