Cu privire la etnografia copilăriei a populaţiei rome din Basarabia în sec. al XIX- lea
Towards of the question of the Ethnography of childhood of the Gypsy population of Bessarabia of the XIX century

Summary/Abstract: In the middle of the XIX century in Russia, an explosion of interest in the peoples inhabiting the RussianEmpire was noted. During this period, a large number ofscientific-historical and ethnographic reviews were published, which described various stories from the life ofthe so-called small nations, including Roma. Among thepeoples of the Russian Empire in the XIX century, Gypsiesliving in Bessarabia were of particular interest. The articleis based on published materials, ethnographic reports andessays of the XIX century about the gypsies of Bessarabia and Romania, whose authors are M. Kogalnichanu,A. Zashchuk, K. Hanatsky. An attempt is made to analyze the descriptions that contain characteristics related toRoma children. Particular attention is paid to the generaland special in these judgments. We consider it appropriate in this context to accompany these characteristics withillustrative material, since we are talking about the XIXcentury, when photography was still in its infancy. Thisrefers to the first etchings of the XVII century, which depicts a camp of gypsies who appeared in Europe in the XVcentury, as well as drawings from XIX century art publications depicting gypsy children.

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