Considerations Regarding the Creation of the Moldavian ASSR and Launch of the Moldavianism ”Theory” Cover Image

Consideraţii privind constituirea R. A. S. S. M. şi lansarea „teoriei” moldovenismului
Considerations Regarding the Creation of the Moldavian ASSR and Launch of the Moldavianism ”Theory”

Author(s): Corneliu Ciucanu
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Palatul Culturii
Keywords: communism; Moldavianism; denationalization; identity

Summary/Abstract: The union of Bessarabia and Romania was not acknowledged by the new Bolshevik power in Moscow, and after the failure of the Vienna treaties, the politburo decided to create the Moldavian ASSR, to the east of the Dniester river. The new territorial entity was part of the Ukrainian SSR and practically revealed the anti-annexing intentions toward Bessarabia. In this context, with a diversionist purpose, the so-called theory of Moldavianism was set forth; this was an ethno-cultural and linguistic construct that set off the process of denationalization, as well as a real identity war on Romanian language and spirituality on both sides of the Dniester river.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 287-294
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian