Religious Minorities in Bessarabia during the “Reaction” of Nikolai I (The Case of Jewish Population)
Religious Minorities in Bessarabia during the “Reaction” of Nikolai I (The Case of Jewish Population)

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author first examines the general framework that characterizes the reign of Tsar Nikolai I in the Russian Empire. At the same time, the author establishes the main directions in different areas, the attitude and position of the autocrat regarding the religious policy, the attitude towards dominant Orthodox Church and towards other religious currents. Continuing with the religious side, the author focuses on the legal issue and on the situation of the Jews in Bessarabia during Nicolai I. For a consistent and accurate speech, there are highlighted the main legal provisions and rules which regulated the evolution of Jewish community in Bessarabia over 30 years. To determine more exactly the status of this demographic segment between the Prut and Dniester, the comparative method is used, as to the rest of representatives of the Jewish faith from the Russian Empire so to the local population, so as to determine the attitude more or less favorable of the imperial authorities towards the Jews, as well as the causes that generated this.

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