The issue of Bessarabia in the Romanian press at the end of the 19th century
The 19th century, and especially its second decade, represents an essential stage in the historical process of the modern Romanian State foundation. The years 1859 and 1877 are distinguished as reference years in the history of our people. The former is the year of the First Union of the Principalities, while the latter is the year when the Romanian state gains its independence on the battlefield. In an era in which national autonomy becomes a stringent issue for most European states, Romanian press focuses mainly on the attempts of the Romanian political class towards territorial unification and the gaining of independence. Following the Berlin Peace Conference our country is imposed, as a price for its independence, to give up three counties of Southern Bessarabia (Cahul, Ismail, Bolgrad) to Russia, a situation that was thoroughly debated in the newspapers of the time. This study aims at analysing the importance given to the Bessarabia issue by the Romanian press at the end of the 19th century and the way this issue is treated by four publications, considered representative for the Romanian journalistic discourse of that time: „Românul”, „Timpul”, „Voința Națională” and „Epoca”.
Keywords: Bessarabia, the 19th century, Romanian press, journalistic discourse
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