Books : History : Europe : Moldova

The Lesser of Two Evils describes the quandary and fate of the two million eastern European Jews following the infamous Ribbentrop-Molotov pact of August 1939, which divided the regions of eastern Poland, the Baltics, and eastern Rumania between Nazi Germany and the USSR. The Jews in these areas were thus faced with deciding who was the "lesser of two evils"--the Soviets or the Nazis.

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.

Why has social peace been preserved in some new, nationalizing countries in Eastern Europe and broken down in others? While civil peace has reigned in Estonia, Moldova experienced a bloody civil war in 1992, claiming more than a thousand casualties. These two states in question share a number of common characteristics, but there is one important difference. Employing both on the ground empirical studies and a strong theoretical framework, National Integration and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Societies contributes to a better understanding of national integration process in Estonia and Moldova and of national integration and communal violence in general.

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.

A comprehensive and compelling work that provides insight into a land that has gone largely unnoticed in European studies. Appropriate for both students and scholars, it will illuminate and inform.

This monograph is a systematic study of agricultural collectivization between 1944 and 1950 in what is now the Republic of Moldavia. Gribincea makes special reference to the Russification of Romanian villages in the territories annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940.

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Citation Details
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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