Alexei (or Alexe) Mateevici (March 27, 1888-August 24, 1917) was a Moldavian Romanian poet. March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ...

He was born in the village of Căinari, in Eastern Bessarabia, which was part of the Russian Empire, but now is in the Republic of Moldova. He studied at the theological school of Chişinău, and published his first poems (Ţăranii, Eu cânt, Ţara) in the newspaper Basarabia, where he also published two articles on the Moldavian folklore. Mateevici later published several articles on 'religion in Moldavia. 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia ceded by the Ottoman Empire to Russia in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... ChiÅŸinău coat-of-arms ChiÅŸinău (IPA /ki. ...

Mateevici went on to study at the Theological Academy of Kiev, which he graduated in 1914, also the year of his marriage to Teodora Borisovna Novitski. He returned to Chişinău, where he became Greek language teacher at the theological school. National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, NaUKMA (Ukrainian: Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» Natsionalnyi universytet Kyyevo-Mohylianska akademiya, НаУКМА), located in Kyiv (Kyiv is the Ukranian to English transliteration while Kiev is the Russian to English transliteration. ... A monument to St. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Greek (, IPA — Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of 3,500 years. ...

In the summer of 1917, Mateevici wrote several poems, including Văd prăbuşirea, Cântec de leagăn, Basarabenilor, Frunza nucului, Unora. On July 17, he wrote the poem Limba noastră, today the national anthem of the Republic of Moldova. July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... Limba Noastră has been since 1994 the national anthem of the Republic of Moldova. ...

Less than a month later, he died of epidemic typhus. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Typhus. ...

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Alexei Mateevici (original works in Romanian)