Chapter I. Empire- and Nation-Building in Russia and Romania: Discourses and Practices

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter I. Empire- and Nation-Building in Russia and Romania: Discourses and Practices 19
5. Chapter II. Southern Bessarabia as an Imperial Borderland: Diplomatic and Political Dilemmas 63
6. Chapter III. Rituals of Nation and Empire in Early Twentieth-Century Bessarabia: The Anniversary of 1912 and its Significance 121
7. Chapter IV. Three Hypostases of the “Bessarabian Refugee”: Hasdeu, Stere, Moruzi, and the Uncertainty of Identity 151
8. Chapter V. Revolution, War, and the “Bessarabian Question”: Russian and Romanian Perspectives (1905–16 211
9. Conclusion 273
10. Instead of an Epilogue: Autonomy, Federalism, or National Unification (1917–18)? 289
11. Bibliography 295