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Item STATUTUL CĂLĂRAŞILOR DIN BASARABIA: DE LA ADMINISTRAŢIA MOLDOVENEASCĂ LA CEA IMPERIALĂ RUSĂ(2013) Tomuleț, ValentinIn this study, based on archival and published sources, the author analyzes the status of călăraşi based on the comparative approach: from the Moldovan traditions to Russian imperial administrative system. The author ascertains that călăraşi as the guards’ category were mentioned in the documentary information from the 16th century, as being recruited among free peasants and obliged to go to war on their own account at the request of the rulers, for tax exemption or the right to use royal estates. Over the centuries this social category has undergone significant changes, not only numerically but also in terms of social and legal status. In the 18th century, with the decline of military importance of the călăraşi, their secondary tasks were maintained and extended. The privileges enjoyed by this social category were confirmed by rulers, similar to the privileged classes of society. Upon annexation of Bessarabia to Russia călăraşi kept only auxiliary functions, being considered serving for local governments, persons responsible for local security; during wartime they participated in the finding of carts for the transportation of supplies, etc. Călăraşi formed indigenous militia and were at the command of ispravnic for the execution of different tasks in the counties. They were employed in the service from the free villages exempted of any drudgery and tax, but a military billeting; they immediately obeyed ispravnic’s orders, receiving annual payment in money. Over time, the tsarist government, as with other social groups, tried to regulate this category of servants, limiting their activities, reducing substantially its number and fitting it into some legal rules. For this purpose there even was made up a regulation statute for călăraşi. Despite privileges enjoyed by this social category, the situation of călăraşi was not easy, as evidenced by the many complaints from them at various district and regional administrative offices.Item BURGHEZIA BASARABEANĂ ÎN EPOCA MODERNĂ (clasificarea, caracteristica, evoluţia)(2012) Tomuleț, ValentinIn the given article the author defines the bourgeoisie as a social category linked mainly to the urban economy, which has capital and power of decision in capitalist community. The author classifies Bessarabian bourgeoisie of the nineteenth century into four categories: 1. “Economic bourgeoisie” (commercial, usurious, industrial etc.) covers, in fact, those layers that are closely linked to economic activity: the large merchants (the first and second guild), moneylenders, owners of commercial and industrial enterprises etc., which differed from each other not so much in terms of origin and the place they occupy in society, but especially in terms of interests and level of wealth. This social group was formed after the introduction of guild reform in Bessarabia according to the decision of the Governing Senate of 26 September 1830. 2. The second category consisted of state officials. Promoting a national-colonial policy in Bessarabia, tsarism based not only on the small part of local nobility that it could draw to work in various state institutions, but also on foreign element, which consisted mainly of civilian and, especially, military Russian nobility. During the first half of the nineteenth century, when there was an institutional modernization, this layer, ignored by the aristocratic elite, was evolved into the bourgeoisie, and a small part of it was actively involved in economic activities. 3. A special category was formed of people engaged in the intellectual labour, which were representatives of a wide enough range of professions: teachers of different specialities, doctors, lawyers, attorneys, engineers, etc. Characterized by different levels of wages and, respectively, different levels of wealth, this category was also varied and, like the rest, differed only by intellectual training and professional qualifi cation. 4. On the lowest level in the Bessarabian social hierarchy there was “the petty bourgeoisie” (the lower middle class), which brought together representatives of different professions - small traders (the third guild of merchants), artisans of various specialties, owners of grocery stores, inns, coffee shops, and restaurants, chemists, butchers, petty officers, etc. The rapid development of Bessarabia towards capitalism had essentially contributed to social instability of this layer, thus causing their passage up and down the social scale. An example of this is the layer of guild merchants, who were constantly moved from one guild to another and from this social category in the petty bourgeoisie. Analysing the commercial bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie, the author concludes that the peripheral situation of Bessarabia in the economic and political system of the Russian Empire has determined clearly discriminatory attitude of central authorities towards the region, which was reflected in the restriction of the rights and opportunities for local residents, mostly Moldovans, through the attraction of foreign merchants and traders from the Russian provinces, providing them with various benefi ts. As a result, the lack of state unity and national independence, political domination and economic exploitation by the Russian Empire directly influenced the genesis of bourgeoisie of Bessarabia. As a result, the bourgeoisie of Bessarabia was established as cosmopolitan social structure consisted largely of alien elements, supported and protected by the imperial administration.Item MAZILI ȘI RUPTAȘI ȘTIUTORI DE CARTE DIN BASARABIA ÎN PRIMA JUMĂTATE A SECOLULUI AL XIX-LEA(2015) Tomuleț, ValentinBased on previously unpublished archival sources the author considers two privileged categories of the population of Bessarabia – mazili and ruptaşi, attempting to show that some of them were literate and enjoyed respect and authority among the lower strata of the population. The number of literate mazili and ruptaşi possible, although quite diffi cult to identify by examination of the numerous petitions, complaints and claims addressed to county, regional and imperial institutions, especially in cases when after the fi scal censuses (1824, 1835, 1850, 1858) some of them for some reasons have not been identifi ed in the social class of mazili or in the fi scal class of ruptaşi. Another similar situation was attested after the entry into force of the Law of 10 March 1847, under which mazili and ruptaşi from Bessarabia were reclassifi ed to the Russian social category of odnodvortsy. Those, who for various reasons were not included in the list of the privileged classes of Bessarabia, had over the years to present documents proving that they belong to privileged social or fi scal categories. In addition to offi cial documents signed by former rulers of Moldavia and the decisions of Provisional Committee of Bessarabia, mazili and ruptaşi were required to present testimonies of 24 persons from the category of ruptaşi and mazili, who could confi rm under oath that the petitioners belong to mazili, ruptaşi or odnodvortsy. It is remarkable that the signatures on the testimonies argue that many of these ruptaşi and mazili were literate or at least were able to basically read and write. The signatures on these documents were made using Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, which means that after 1812 mazili and ruptaşi were taught to read and write at home.Item NEGUSTORI ALOGENI ÎN STRUCTURA ETNICĂ A BURGHEZIEI COMERCIALE DIN CHIȘINĂU (1812-1868)(2015) Tomuleț, ValentinIn the present article, on the basis of archival sources, the author analyses the ethnical composition of the commercial bourgeoisie from Chisinau in the first half of the 19th century. The author ascertains that the commercial bourgeoisie from Chisinau formed, as that from the whole Bessarabia, in a successive way, being enough inhomogeneous from the ethnical and social points of view. The implication of the imperial administration in the intricate and contradictious process of the genesis and constitution of the Bessarabian commercial bourgeoisie, by means of application, starting from January 1st 1831, of the guild structure and of the measures undertaken in commercial policy, deepens much more this inhomogeneity. Even though the privileges granted for a 10 year term to the merchants from Bessarabia, according to the Regulation of guilds, allowed implication in the commerce of all the social categories, without differentiation by ethnical appurtenance, the necessity to declare the commercial capitals, based upon which the traders should have been enlisted in the category of the commercial guilds, reduced mostly the possibilities of the Moldavians to enrol into the category of the guild merchants. Not being well structured and not composing an ethnical category nationally integrated, the commercial bourgeoisie from Chisinau borrowed and included, in an inevitable mode, in the course of years, allogeneic elements from within the communities of Jews, Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Russians, Ukrainians, etc., which would become the dominant commercial element. Even though the Jews held an important spot in the Bessarabian commerce, the main role among wholesale merchants of the first and the second guild accrued to the Greeks, “Christians” and Armenians. The Jews dealt, ordinarily, with petty trade, most of them being wanglers. Therefore, by promoting a colonial policy in Bessarabia, obviously protecting the dealings of its own bourgeoisie or of that invited in the region and stimulating it, by means of the granted advantages and even privileges, to assert and constitute itself as a social class, the tsarism distanced much more the incipient elements of the national commercial bourgeoisie (especially due to the commercial activity of the Jews) from the privileged and dominant allogeneic elements. Thus, by promoting such a policy, the tsarism hampered and stopped the process of formation and constitution of a national commercial bourgeoisie, superseding it from the possibility to exert economical functions, replacing it with allogeneic, mostly from within the newcomers to Bessarabia.Item FISCALITATEA MAZILILOR ȘI RUPTAȘILOR DIN BASARABIA SUB REGIM DE DOMINAȚIE ȚARISTĂ (1812-1847)(2014) Tomuleț, ValentinIn the present study, without resorting to a broad historical analysis, we consider two categories of privileged population – the mazili and ruptaşi and identify the changes in their social status and the fiscal imposition under the Tsarist rule. Analysis of unpublished archival documents allows us to conclude that mazili represented a social category and ruptaşi – a fiscal one, both of which were inherited by Bessarabia from the Principality of Moldavia For many years they were forced to make significant efforts to confi rm the titles and tax and social status they had before the annexation of the region to the Russian Empire. Although mazili enjoyed certain privileges, imperial administration did not accepted them and did everything possible to suppress this social category, seeing them as a national bourgeois element (national rural bourgeoisie). Tsarism tried to promote the policy begun by Constantine Mavrocordatos, which aimed at limiting the number of privileged social groups, particularly those that did not come from the aristocracy, which, at that time, mazili and ruptaşi were part. These measures were in line with the Russian imperial policy of liquidation of local peculiarities and of social and administrative unification of the newly annexed province. Eventually the rights of mazili were limited; they were required to perform certain duties and pay taxes along with other categories. This becomes evident in the tax censuses, during which mazili and ruptaşi were required to present documents confirming their social and fiscal status. Despite this, the tsarist government used the services of mazili. Due to the special personal qualities – honesty, skills, knowledge, impeccable behavior and ability to cope with any situation, mazili were attracted to different services they were proud of, considering it their privilege. They enjoyed prestige among the local population, and in the case of riots they at the request of the authorities were able to eliminate them without bloodshed. Archival documents show that Russian imperial administration has taken concrete steps to limit the rights and privileges of mazili and ruptaşi in Bessarabia, placing them at the lower levels of the hierarchy – fi rst in the category of odnodvortsy (single homesteaders) and later – in the category of free peasants. As a result, some of them due to lack of documents or because of any violations committed by them were transferred to the category of peasants , while others collapsed and were included in the other categories, related with the peasantry. Nevertheless, mazili continued to retain their distinctive social and spiritual features, even after their transfer to the category of odnodvortsy in 1847.Item ELITE ALE BURGHEZIEI BASARABENE: NEGUSTORII DE GHILDĂ ANGROSIŞTI DIN CHIŞINĂU (1812-1868)(2013) Tomuleț, ValentinIn the given article, based on the published monographic literature and unpublished ar chival sources, the author makes a brief description of the “elite” concept and by the examining the Jewish, Armenian and Greek wholesale merchants raise the issue of the commercial elite of Chisinau, which was formed shortly after the annexation of Bessarabia to the Russian Empire in 1812. The author states that the genesis and evolution of Bessarabian bourgeoisie in general, and the commercial-industrial in particular, was influenced by multiple factors, both econo mic and political, both internal and external. A special place in this respect belongs to the immigration of alien merchants to Bessarabia – Armenians, Greek, Jews, Bulgarians, and those from the interior provinces of Russia, many of whom settled in the province for per manent residence, filling the ranks of the commercial bourgeoisie of Bessarabia as a conse quence of national-commercial policy promoted by the imperial government in the newly annexed territory. Based on the example of allogeneic merchants, but also on the history of Panteleimon Sinadino – the Greek merchant of the first guild from Chisinau, whose commer cial capital reached in the 1830-ies the value of 2 million rubles, the authors analyze the pro cess of establishment of commercial bourgeoisie in Chisinau. The author notes that after application in Bessarabia, starting from 1831, of guild struc ture, there is a continuous movement “up” and “down” on the artificial line separating this so cial state – representatives of the second or third merchant guild, enlisted into the category of first guild merchant and merchants of first guild transfer into second or third guild, and ruined merchants enlisted even into the category of petty bourgeoisie. Possibilities to join this social group, both from the elite “top” (from among aristocratic elements or semi-aristocratic – although their number was quite small) and from the “bottom” (from among inferior ele ments – particularly craftsmen and peasants) will grow continuously, becoming real with the strengthening of economic, social and political development of this social category. Moreover, adapting to the new development trends generated by modernization tendencies of social rela tions and influenced by generic factors – economic, demographic, social and political, the elite of the commercial bourgeoisie from Chisinau, in the process of evolution will be quite active, encompassing and, at the same time, rejecting more and more components. As a result, the elite of commercial bourgeoisie in Bessarabia did not form a homogenous whole, neither from the point of view of composition, nor of the sphere of activity and values and way of life. Along with the wholesaler rich commercial bourgeoisie, of the first and second guild, that, in fact, constituted the elite segment of the commercial bourgeoisie in Chisinau, often we can observe small commercial bourgeoisie – of the third guild, much poorer and weakerItem REPREZENTANŢI AI ELITEI BURGHEZE DIN BASARABIA: NEGUSTORUL GREC PANTELEI SINADINO (anii ’30-’50 ai sec. al XIX-lea)(2013) Tomuleț, Valentin; Bivol, VictoriaIn this article, the authors put in discussion the issue of Bessarabian bourgeois elite, having as its representative the Greek merchant Pantelei Sinadino presented in archival sources as a Turkish citizen, who since 1829 owned in Chişinău a real estate valued at 50 thousand rubles and was enlisted in the class of first guild merchants in Chisinau. Commercial capital owned by P. Sinadino reached in 1830s about 2 million rubles and was formed not only through trade and usury. He also owned various commercial and industrial enterprises. In 1836 P. Sinadino owned a wool washhouse in the Visterniceni (or Râşcani) estate located not far from Chişinău, which washed 30,000 poods of wool per year. It was bringing an income of 7,000 rubles. Despite the fact that P. Sinadino had a great commercial capital, in 1840, following the abolition of trade privileges granted by Guild Regulation of September 26, 1830, he moved to the class of second guild merchants. In this category, with a few interruptions, he remained in the following years. This proves once again that the commercial bourgeoisie sought different ways to enjoy all the privileges granted by the tsarist government, trying to evade duties. So, a merchant could go to a lower guild, and then, after providing new benefi ts, get back in the first guild. P. Sinadino increased his capital through the exploitation of small producers, having rented in 1840 a number of localities with huge areas of land – Şerpeni, Pugăceni, Dubasarii Vechi, Corjova, Bilacheva, etc. According to documentary evidence, the peasants of these villages were subjected to various long-lasting and hard drudgeries as well as public corporal punishments. The case of Greek merchant P. Sinadino shows that foreign bourgeoisie found in Bessarabia extensive field for trading and thanks to privileges granted by Russian government received a real opportunity to accumulate huge commercial capital and to monopolize not only the most important branches of domestic and foreign trade, but also industry, usury, etc. It was a serious obstacle in the process of formation of national commercial bourgeoisie in Bessarabia.Item ELITE ALE BURGHEZIEI BASARABENE: NEGUSTORII ANGROSIŞTI ARMENI ŞI GRECI (1812-1868)(2012) Tomuleț, Valentin; Bivol, VictoriaIn the given article, based on the published monographic literature and unpublished archival sources, the authors make a brief description of the concept of the elite and by the examining the Armenian and Greek wholesale merchants raise the issue of the commercial elite of Bessarabia, which was formed shortly after its annexation to the Russian Empire in 1812. The authors state that the genesis and evolution of Bessarabian bourgeoisie in general, and the commercial-industrial in particular, was influenced by multiple factors, both economic and political, both internal and external. A special place in this respect belongs to the immigration of alien merchants to Bessarabia – Armenians, Greek, Jews, Bulgarians, and those from the interior provinces of Russia, many of whom settled in the province for permanent residence, filling the ranks of the commercial bourgeoisie of Bessarabia as a consequence of national-commercial policy promoted by the imperial government in the newly annexed territory. Based on the example of Armenian merchants, but also on the history of Panteleimon Sinadino – the Greek merchant of the first guild from Chisinau, whose commercial capital reached in the 1830-ies the value of 2 million rubles, the authors analyze the process of establishment of commercial bourgeoisie in Bessarabia.