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It's weird to me that you differentiate "Russians vs Moldovans". I have met many people from Moldova whose first language is Russian, and identify as Moldovan.

It's weird to me that you differentiate "Russians vs Moldovans". I have met many people from Moldova whose first language is Russian, and identify as Moldovan. To me it sounds as weird as if you'd said something like "French vs Canadians" for Canada.

philistine 4y ago
While yeah, no one outside a recent immigrant would call themselves French, 62% of people in Quebec identify as Québécois, not as Canadian. https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201903/21/01-5219181-sondage-les-quebecois-ni-souverainistes-ni-federalistes.php https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201903/21/01-521... So I'd presume those Russian-speaking Moldovans simply talk about their Russian values and defending their Russian uniqueness, but they won't say they're Russians simply because they lack a word. Maybe Transnitrians?
walterbell 4y ago
> It's weird to me that you The quoted text is from this author: William Zadeskey is a 2022 MA graduate of The Ohio State University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Russian and International Studies also at Ohio State. His area of concentration is the Politics, Culture, and History of Romania, Moldova, and Transnistria. Will's Master's thesis, The Origins of the Separation Between Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria), explored the legacy of Soviet nationality policy, the multicultural character of Transnistria, and the events of 1989-90 that drove a wedge between Moldova and Transnistria.
netfortius 4y ago
Weird would be to differentiate between Romanians and Moldovans. A lot of Romanian families, on both sides of the river Prut, have been forcibly separated at the end of WW2, while being "just" Romanians prior to that. Insertion of Russians post Moldovan annexation to USSR (not only in Moldova, but also all over Romania), and associated deportation of Romanians, from places like Ungheni, Chisinau, Tighina, Orhei, Balti, etc. (from actual Republic of Moldova territory, but not only), into the further NW regions of USSR, took place over quite a few years post WW2, and made a difference, also.

philistine 4y ago

While yeah, no one outside a recent immigrant would call themselves French, 62% of people in Quebec identify as Québécois, not as Canadian. https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201903/21/01-5219181-sondage-les-quebecois-ni-souverainistes-ni-federalistes.php https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201903/21/01-521... So I'd presume those Russian-speaking Moldovans simply talk about their Russian values and defending their Russian uniqueness, but they won't say they're Russians simply because they lack a word. Maybe Transnitrians?

walterbell 4y ago

> It's weird to me that you The quoted text is from this author: William Zadeskey is a 2022 MA graduate of The Ohio State University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Russian and International Studies also at Ohio State. His area of concentration is the Politics, Culture, and History of Romania, Moldova, and Transnistria. Will's Master's thesis, The Origins of the Separation Between Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria), explored the legacy of Soviet nationality policy, the multicultural character of Transnistria, and the events of 1989-90 that drove a wedge between Moldova and Transnistria.

netfortius 4y ago

Weird would be to differentiate between Romanians and Moldovans. A lot of Romanian families, on both sides of the river Prut, have been forcibly separated at the end of WW2, while being "just" Romanians prior to that. Insertion of Russians post Moldovan annexation to USSR (not only in Moldova, but also all over Romania), and associated deportation of Romanians, from places like Ungheni, Chisinau, Tighina, Orhei, Balti, etc. (from actual Republic of Moldova territory, but not only), into the further NW regions of USSR, took place over quite a few years post WW2, and made a difference, also.