Some considerations on factors that generated mentality shifts of the landlords in Bessarabia under tsarist domination (1812-1817)

In the given article is called into question the notion of mentality and several factors that have led to changes in the mentality of the nobility of Bessarabia after the annexation of the province in 1812 to the Russian Empire are examined. As with the annexation of territory between the Prut and Dniester to the Russian Empire, the mentality of the natives, especially the Moldavian boyars, held a series of changes. One of the basic factors that influenced the evolution Bessarabian landlord's mentality in the 19th century is linked to the new system of domination established in the province. Conditions of dominance include, in turn, a complex of mini-factors. All these factors have brought to that after 1812 the nobility of Bessarabia was divided into two camps: Russophile less numerous, but strong with support from the Russian government and the Moldovan national conservative who opposed: did not learn Russian and respected the customs and old laws of the country. Namely the latter were those who kept the torch alight among Moldovans discontent, because in their hearts the more difficult was the suppression, the more progenitor blood throbbed, making a wall of resistance against the regime of Tsarist rule.