The current article aims to examine the problem of the representation of
the Latinity and Romanity by the Russian travelers of the territory between
Prut and Dnestr annexed to Russia in 1812. It will analyze the emergence, the
dynamic and the function of the image of Bessarabia as Latin, Romanian land
with a Roman past. The research raised the question regarding the role which
the texts of Russian travelers describing Bessarabia played in the context of
the Russian imperial policy: if they can be considered as Documents or maybe
as discursive determining practices which accompanied the Russian process of
colonization in Bessarabia.
