LATINITATEA ŞI ROMANITATEA BASARABIEI ÎN DESCRIERILE ŞI PERCEPŢIILE CĂLĂTORILOR RUŞI ÎN SECOLUL AL XIX-LEA

Abstract

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.