Tematica identitară şi cea a reîntregirii Basarabiei cu România în cadrul emisiunilor postului de radio „Europa Liberă” (anii ’80 ai secolului XX). Studiu de caz: Nicolae Lupan
The identity theme and that of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania in the programmes of the Radio Free Europe (the 80s of the 20th century). Case study: Nicolae Lupan

Summary/Abstract: In the eve of the Soviet Union collapse, Radio Free Europe played an important role in the process of retrieving the historical conscience of Bessarabian Romanians and of their national conscience. In the shows of this radio station, they regularly approached several topics concerning the history of Romanians, under Soviet occupation. Throughout the 8th decade of the twentieth century, the protagonists of such shows dedicated to estranged Romanians at this radio station were Grigore Singurel (Efim Crimerman), (from 1981), Nicolae Lupan (from 1983) and Vlad Socor (from 1989). Out of the three protagonists of such shows, Nicolae Lupan was the most prolific and persistent in evoking important pages within the history of Romanians estranged from the Soviet occupation regime. In his shows, he showed a special predilection for the historical importance of the first Bessarabian parliament – the Country and Reunification Council, in 1918, of this Romanian province with the motherland. A future sociological investigation carried out in the Republic of Moldova concerning the impact of the Free Europe radio shows on the Romanian citizens in the eighties would enable an appraisal of the effects on the collective mindset through the message that was meant to revive the historical and national conscience of Bessarabian Romanians.

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