Dimitrie Lovcinski

Dimitrie Lovcinski
Mayor of Chişinău
In office 1825–1830
Preceded by	Anghel Nour
Succeeded by	Stavru Dimu
In office 1834–1836
Preceded by	Stavru Dimu
Succeeded by	Pantelimon I. Sinadino
In office 1843–1845
Preceded by	Pantelimon I. Sinadino
Succeeded by	Dimitrie Durdufi

Dimitrie Lovcinski (Russian: Дмитрий Петрович Ловчинский, romanized: Dmitry Petrovich Lovchinsky) was a Bessarabian politician. He served as the second, fourth and sixth mayor of Chişinău (Russian: Городской голова, "Head of the city") between 1825 and 1830, 1834-1836 and 1843-1845 respectively, when Bessarabia was a part of the Russian Empire. During his first tenure, Alexander Pushkin wrote The Gabrieliad and started Eugene Onegin while being in exile in Chişinău, and during Lovcinski's second tenure as mayor the Nativity Cathedral was opened in the city.

External links

• Incursion dans l’histoire de Chisinau, la capitale moldave (in French)