AUTHOR: Vitalie PONOMARIOV Danubius, XXX, Galaţi, 2012, pp. 327-350.   Abstract This study deals with some important moments and aspects of the history of the communist activities in Bessarabia in 1918 -1921. The author availed of a large amount of documentary material, including some unpublished documents from the archives of the Republic of Moldova, Romania and…

AUTHOR: Sergiu MATVEEV SCIENTIFIC AND POLITICAL LIMITS REGARDING THE IDENTITY OF MOLDAVIANS Danubius, XXX- Supliment, Galati, 2012, pp. 389-396. Abstract The issue of the origin of the Eastern Romance population has always been subject to demystifications. Along with the incorporation, following a Russo-Turkish peace treaty, of the territories between Prut and Dniester, Tsarist Russia showed a…

AUTHOR: Pavel MORARU FROM THE ACTIVITY OF THE SPECIAL INFORMATION SERVICE OF BESSARABIA (1941 – 1944) Danubius, XXX- Supliment, Galati, 2012, pp. 323-350. Abstract In the summer of 1941, after a year of Soviet occupation, Bessarabia and the North of Bukovina were liberated by the Romanian-German troops, and the Romanian authorities returned into these territories. In…

AUTHOR: Silviu MILOIU BESSARABIA BETWEEN TWO ANNEXATIONS (1940-1944). FINNISH PERCEPTIONS Danubius, XXX- Supliment, Galati, 2012, pp. 235-250. Abstract The aim of this article is to look into Bessarabia’s World War Two’s status from a Finnish perspective and to analyse the way Finland has perceived, in this period, the Romanian-Soviet litigation over this province. To this end,…

AUTHOR: Arthur-Viorel TULUŞ THE LINKAGE OF BESSARABIA TO ROMANIA’S FOREIGN TRADE THROUGH THE DANUBE MOUTHS. THE PROBLEM OF THE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE Danubius, XXX- Supliment, Galati, 2012, pp. 169-180. Abstract During the interwar period, although the Romanian state developed a strategy to ameliorate the disastrous Bessarabian land transport infrastructure, road or railway, inherited from Tsarist Russia, most…

AUTHOR: Daniel CITIRIGĂ THE FRENCH DIPLOMACY AND THE ISSUE OF THE UNION OF BESSARABIA WITH ROMANIA Danubius, XXX- Supliment, Galati, 2012, pp. 159-168. Abstract The Union of Bessarabia with Romania involves both a historical discussion and a political one. Practically, the two World Wars proved that Bessarabia was the key of the bilateral relations between Romania…