SUCEAVA REGION, UPPER LAND, GREATER BUKOVINA OR JUST BUKOVINA? CAROL II’S ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM IN NORTH−EASTERN ROMANIA (1938−1940) Cover Image

SUCEAVA REGION, UPPER LAND, GREATER BUKOVINA OR JUST BUKOVINA? CAROL II’S ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM IN NORTH−EASTERN ROMANIA (1938−1940)
SUCEAVA REGION, UPPER LAND, GREATER BUKOVINA OR JUST BUKOVINA? CAROL II’S ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM IN NORTH−EASTERN ROMANIA (1938−1940)

Author(s): Philippe Henri Blasen
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Romania; Bukovina; Hotin; Dorohoi; Interwar Period; Royal Dictatorship; Administrative History; regionalism

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the territorial aspect of the Romanian Administrative Law of 1938, in particular on the reception of the Law in the counties of Bukovina, Hotin/Khotyn and Dorohoi. It concludes that Suceava Region, created by this Law, failed to erase the memory of former Austrian Bukovina (1775−1918) nor did it revive the pre-1775 Moldavian Upper Land. Periodicals in Bukovina, Hotin and Dorohoi remained uninterested in the new fellow counties. The Law induced a label change, allowing the people from Bukovina to continue to profess a Bukovinian belonging, even though the aim of the Law was to abolish regionalisms.

  • Issue Year: LII/2015
  • Issue No: Supl.
  • Page Range: 279-286
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
Toggle Accessibility Mode