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The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture (Studies of Nationalities)

Charles King

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The first English-language book to present a complete picture of this intriguing East European borderland, The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture, illuminates the perennial problems of identity politics and cultural change that the country has endured. Throughout the past two centuries, Moldova was the object of a variety of culture-building efforts from Russian, Romanian, and Soviet influences before emerging as an independent state in 1991. The author

Highlights the political uses of culture—the ways in which language, history, and identity can be manipulated by political elites

Examines why some attempts to mold identity succeed where others fail

Reveals why, in the case of Moldova, a project of identity construction succeeded in creating a state but failed to make an independent nation

"Thoroughly researched, engagingly written, and completely up to date, this is a definitive book that will long serve as the best study of Moldova in any language . . . . Its strategic and precarious location between the Balkans and the former Soviet Union and its complex ethnic composition make Moldova a fragile new nation well worth knowing about." Daniel Chirot, Professor of International Studies

Jackson School of International Studies

University of Washington

"An erudite and perceptive book. Required reading for all those who want to fathom the relationship between national identity, nation-building, political traditions, and cultural yearnings in one of eastern Europe's least known and understood countries. King uses historical, political, economic, and cultural approaches to challenge old stereotypes and to propose a novel, original perspective on the peoples of Bessarabia and Transnistria." Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor of Government and Politics University of Maryland (College Park)

Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories (The Jewish Genealogy Series)

Miriam Weiner

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At long last a pathway to our family history in Ukraine 5 out of 5 stars.
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I recently received my copy of this long awaited work by Miriam Weiner. In addition to providing the first tangible inventory of what the regional archives hold, in regard to the history of our Jewish families, this book gives a wonderful pictorial overview of the area. One which most of us could only imagine until now. It does so by providing photos of the places our families inhabited in the past, contrasted, in many instances, with how those same places appear now.

The vivid past jumps off the pages of this beautifully formatted book, just as the lure of the book's vast archive document inventory tempts the reader with its research possibilities for the future.

This book is a must for anyone contemplating research into their family history in Ukraine and Moldova, and a treasure for those who are merely curious about the world our ancestors lived in and left behind.

Comments after initial orientation to the book 5 out of 5 stars.
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I read about this book in the August 2000 issue of National Georgraphic magazine, and grew very eager to read it. For years I've been searching for ways to explore family roots in Shepitikava, Ukraine, around and prior to 1920. This book provides details I would not have found anywhere unless I did the on site research the author Weiner has done. What a find! Aunts born in Shepitivka prior to 1920 still live today and will be mesmerized by the details I will soon point out to them. For that matter, their father, my grandfather, may well be pictured in one 1920 photo of Jewish men in Shepetivka at the cemetary's new gate.

Reviving Greater Russia: The Future of Russia's Borders and Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhastan, Moldova

Herman Pirchner Jr.

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In December 2001, a new Russian law laying the basis for the peaceful territorial expansion of the Russian Federation went into effect. The entire country of Belarus-as well as parts of Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine-are the most likely candidates to join Russia. Should this largely ethnically-based expansion occur, Russia would grow by more than 20 million people, and the resultant rise in Russian nationalism might encourage further Russian territorial ambitions-especially those directed at Ukraine. Even if Russian expansion stops with all, or part, of these territories, however, it could breathe new life into the ethnically based border problems of other countries. Co-published with the American Foreign Policy Council.

The Language of the Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and Identity in an Ex-Soviet Republic

Matthew H. Ciscel

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This book explores the identity of contemporary Moldovans from the perspective of debates about the languages they speak. The result is an image of an emerging nation of bilinguals that is, at once, similar to the experiences of other ex-Soviet states and uniquely complex.

Joseph Rabinowitz and the Messianic Movement: The Herzl of Jewish Christianity

Kai Kjaer-Hansen

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Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale

David Goberman

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For more than a century, Russian Jews were restricted to residence in the western provinces of Russia, the so-called Pale of Settlement. In this fascinating volume, 125 duotone photographs document the carved tombstones of this region, specifically present-day Ukraine and Moldova. The stones are poignant memorials to the lost world of the shtetl and practically all that remain of a major Jewish art tradition. They are also unique genealogical records for Americans descended from Russian Jewry. The photographs, made by the artist and photographer David Goberman from the 1930s through the 1960s, are in many cases the sole documentation of tombstones that have been effaced or destroyed.

An introduction by Robert Pinsky resonates with the once-vibrant culture of Eastern Jewry. Essays by Goberman and Gershon Hundert, an expert on the history of Jewish life in Russia, place the tombstones in their artistic and cultural setting, and explain the Jewish traditions surrounding their creation. The images are organized by the regions where the cemeteries are located, and captions include translations of the Hebrew and Yiddish inscriptions on the stones. Published to accompany an exhibition organized by The Brooklyn Museum of Art, this book is an essential contribution to the history of Jewish art and culture.

Moldova: A Romanian Province Under Russian Rule : Diplomatic History from the Archives of the Great Powers

Marcel Mitrasca

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Since Romania entered the EU, the murky territorial questions on her northeastern border have started to receive more attention. What are Moldova, Bassarabia, and Transnistria; and how did they wind up suspended between Romania and Russia?
Since Romania entered the EU, the murky territorial questions on her northeastern border have started to receive more attention. What are Moldova, Bassarabia, and Transnistria; and how did they wind up suspended between Romania and Russia ?


With Wilson's famous 14 points, after the First World War, the nationality principle was first upheld as the basis for the creation of new states and for the recombining portions of existing states. How did the interpretation of the principle change in the ensuing years; how consistently was it applied; and in whose interests?


This book analyzes the problem of the Bessarabian Treaty, and offers a glimpse of Romanian foreign policy in the 1920's. Under the Treaty, the de facto unification of Bessarabia with Romania was officially recognized - a great success for Romania. Why, then, did that territory end up under Soviet control (in the " Republic of Moldavia ")?


Mitrasca has sifted through unpublished documents from the national archives of Japan, Romania, Great Britain, France and Italy, and presents excerpts to back up his analysis of diplomatic maneuvering between the World Wars. What could Romania's territorial refinements have mattered to Japan ? What was Italy's interest? And why was the United States the only Great power to steadfastly refuse to acknowledge Bassarabia's union with Romania ? Mitrasca pieces together the evidence, analyzing the overt and covert negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference and in embassies around the world, and traces the evolving situation that in the end produced a result quite different from what was apparently intended in 1920.

Europe's Last Frontier?: Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine between Russia and the European Union

Oliver Schmidtke, Serhy Yekelchyk

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Three former western Soviet republics—Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova—now find themselves torn between the European Union and the increasingly assertive Russia. This volume examines the foreign and domestic policies of these republics with an eye to the lasting legacy of Russian domination and the growing attraction of Europe.

April 1903: the Kishinev pogrom.: An article from: Midstream

Yehuda Khaver

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Title: April 1903: the Kishinev pogrom.
Author: Yehuda Khaver
Publication: Midstream (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Theodor Herzl Foundation
Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Page: 4(2)

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The Hungarian Csango of Moldova

Ferenc Pozsony

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