The first manifest of 1864 against a possible unification of Bessarabia with Romania

Ioan Dabija can be considered rather famous figure in the history of Bessarabia under Russian occupation. He participated in the events of prime importance for this Prut-Dniester province as well as for destinies of the Romanian principalities. In 1848, being a graduate of the Theological Seminary from Chisinau, he joined the camp office of General A. Luders, the corps commander of the Russian army invaded the principalities for the suppression of the Romanian revolution. During the military occupation of the two Romanian states I. Dabija was in Bukharest, performing various functions in the command of the Russian army of occupation, including the post of secretary of the governor of Wallachia. After the withdrawal of Russian troops from the principalities in 1851 he performed a number of administrative functions in Bessarabia.