Subjects:  1. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    6. History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union)    7. Russia   

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Review by Janice Huber Stangl, Sterling, Virginia, author of the book, Marienberg: Fate of a Village.
Review by Janice Huber Stangl, Sterling, Virginia, author of the book, Marienberg: Fate of a Village.
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Subjects:  1. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)    2. Directories    3. Emigration & Immigration    4. Europe - Eastern    5. Genealogy    6. History    7. History / Europe / Eastern    8. Reference    9. Reference / Directories    10. Reference / Genealogy    11. Russian Germans    12. Social Science    13. Social Science / Emigration & Immigration   

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Excellently Written
Charles King's "The Moldovans" is an excellently written history of a little known East European borderland and its intriguing people. While its physical appearance and membership in the Hoover Institute's old "Nationalities of the USSR" series may indicate dry and rigid academic work, it is certainly not.
Exceptional and thorough.
This is an exceptional and thorough review of the history of Moldova up to, during, and after the transition to independence from the Soviet Union by an outstanding scholar.While replete with scholarly notes and bibliography, it is also readily accessable to the non-specialist seeking to understand this very interesting country. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ethnic Studies - General    2. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    3. History    4. History - General History    5. Moldova    6. Sociology   

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Records of beauty of a lost world
In conjunction with the show at The Brooklyn Museum of Art this Winter, Rizzoli has published the photos by the Russian photographer, David Goberman, aged 88, which he took from the 1930s through the 1960s of Jewishgravestones. The photos document the vanishing art of stone carvers andhighlights themes of folk art and spiritual belief. The photos also providea timeless record of Jewish tradition in the Ukraine and Moldova.Intricately carved motifs include crowns of the Torah, signs of the Kohanim(split fingers), birds, fallen fruit, a single candle, a broken tree andthree small chicks (for the mother who dies leaving three young children),fish, deer, unicorns, bear, lions, and fighting lions. Those with menorahs,grapes and water jugs usually represented Levites. Peacocks representparadise. An excellent book to cherish and learn from.

Jewish Folk Art in Stone
There are over 100 photographs of tombstones from Jewish towns (shtetls) in Ukraine and Moldova taken by a Russian photographer surreptitiously during the 1950's and 1960's in the Soviet Union. The images range from lions and dragons to seahorses and rabbits -- Jewish stonecarvers used thestones for artistic expression, as well as text to describe the deceased(translated in detail on many stones).The book was published to coincidewith an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum that opens on January 13 and runsthrough April.Many of the stones shown here were torn up during theStalin regime and used to make factory steps or fish ponds, so this is theonly historical record. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum    3. Folk & Outsider Art    4. Jewish art and symbolism    5. Moldova    6. Photography    7. Sepulchral monuments    8. Subjects & Themes - Travel - World/Europe    9. Themes, motives    10. Ukraine    11. Art / History / General    12. Carving & carvings    13. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    14. Jewish    15. Jews    16. Russia   

Subjects:  1. Belarus    2. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Latin America - General    7. Moldova    8. Belarus (Belorussia)    9. Cultural studies    10. Geography    11. Moldova (Moldavia)    12. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    13. Social Sciences   

Subjects:  1. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukrain    2. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)    3. Boundaries And Frontiers    4. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    5. Ethnic relations    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Languages    10. Moldova    11. Eastern Europe    12. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)   

Subjects:  1. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukrain    2. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)    3. Boundaries    4. Boundaries And Frontiers    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    7. History    8. History - General History    9. History: World    10. Moldova    11. Romania    12. Eastern Europe    13. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)   

Subjects:  1. Agricultural History    2. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukrain    3. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)    4. Corn industry    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. History    7. History - General History    8. Agriculture & Farming    9. Europe    10. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    11. History of specific subjects   

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It is an interesting book
It is an interisting book wich helped me to understand beter Moldovan history ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Agricultural History    2. Agricultural Policy    3. Agriculture - General    4. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukrain    5. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)    6. Collectivization of agricultur    7. Collectivization of agriculture    8. Deportation    9. Europe - General    10. Famines    11. History    12. History - General History    13. History: World    14. Technology    15. Agriculture & related industries    16. History / Europe / General    17. Moldova (Moldavia)    18. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    19. Second World War, 1939-1945   

Subjects:  1. Contemporary Politics - Former Soviet Republics    2. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    3. Former Soviet republics    4. Government - Comparative    5. History    6. History: World    7. International Relations - General    8. Military Science    9. Military relations    10. Military-Political Relationships    11. Peace    12. Politics - Current Events    13. Politics / Current Events    14. Russia (Federation)   

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Excellent book
Great detailed coverage of why the pogrom occurred, what led to it occurring, what happened while it was going on, and what the outcome was for both the victims and perpetrators.The book is a pretty small one, but it encompasses everything you need to know about this specific event in Russian history.The history of the city is given as well as the reason for why Jews were such a large part of the population.How the town was mainly run by anti-Semites and what they did to help push people over the edge and create violence toward the Jewish members of the city.Starting with the blood libel from another town which was disproved to have been the work of Jews but nonetheless held up as fact within Kishinev's newspapers which increased feelings against Jews and ending with all out violence that went unchecked until the second day when the military was given all power to handle the situation.A large portion of the city was damaged and men, women, and children were killed, raped, robbed, beaten, etc.Questions about how much was the government really involved are never clearly answered, there is evidence to support both arguments that it was and wasn't.But both are presented and the reader is given the choice of deciding on his/her own.Overall an excellent book, a quick read, and very informational and detailed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Antisemitism    3. Chisinau    4. Chiòsinæau    5. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    6. History    7. History Of Jews    8. History: World    9. Holidays - Easter    10. Jewish - General    11. Jews    12. Massacres    13. Moldavia    14. Moldova    15. Persecutions    16. Religion - Christian Life    17. Ethnography    18. Jewish studies    19. Russia    20. Social history    21. The Holocaust   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Eastern Europe - General    3. Ethnic relations    4. History - General History    5. Moldova    6. Nationalism    7. Sociology    8. History / Europe / Eastern    9. Sociology, Social Studies    10. World history   

Subjects:  1. Civilization    2. Eastern Europe - History    3. History: World    4. Moldavian dialect    5. Moldova    6. Political aspects    7. Social History    8. Cultural studies    9. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    10. Language & Linguistics    11. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    12. Romania    13. Romanian   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Chiðsinæau    5. Christian converts from Judaism    6. History    7. Jewish Christians    8. Judaism And Christianity    9. Missions to Jews    10. Moldova    11. Religion    12. Religious    13. Specific Members Of Religious Congregations And Orders    14. Christian communities & monasticism    15. Judaism    16. Rabinowitz, Joseph    17. Religious communities & monasticism   

Subjects:  1. Economic Conditions    2. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    3. Europe - General    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Post-Communism    8. Current Events / International    9. Economic history    10. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    11. Moldova (Moldavia)    12. Political ideologies   

Subjects:  1. Contemporary Politics    2. Eastern Europe - General    3. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    4. Language policy    5. Linguistic minorities    6. Moldova    7. Nationalism    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Sociolinguistics    10. Soviet Union    11. Cultural studies    12. Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)    13. History / Europe / Eastern    14. Language & Linguistics    15. Russian   

Subjects:  1. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukrain    2. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)    3. Historiography    4. History    5. History: World    6. Marxian historiography    7. Soviet Union    8. Marxism & Communism   

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries    2. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    3. Former Soviet Republics - History - Post Cold War (1991-)    4. History    5. History: World    6. Moldova    7. Reference    8. Sociology    9. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    10. Moldova (Moldavia)    11. Reference works    12. Social Science / Reference   

Subjects:  1. Europe - General    2. History - General History