AUTHOR: Olena BACYNSKA Danubius, XXXIV-Supliment, Galaţi, 2016, pp. 13-20. Abstract This publication offers a vision of the author on the causes of subsidence of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (Potkalı Kazakları) in the Ottoman Empire (Budjak and Dobruja) and how their status changed at the end XVIII century. Attempts to start thier own organization – Sich Zadunays’ka,…

AUTHOR: Tetyana SHEVCHUK Danubius, XXXV – Supliment, Galaţi, 2017, pp. 35-48. Abstract In this study, it is our intention to highlight the peculiarities of intersection of Christian and pagan traditions in church holidays and ceremonies of Budjak, a border district in the south of Odessa region, Ukraine. Its distinctive features are mulculturalism and nationally specific…