The russian regime’s transformations in the Romanian lands between the Dniester and Prut rivers after the Second planet War – including administrative and territorial reforms, social reorganization, changes in cultural composition, denationalization, cultural isolation, economical centralization, collectivization, deportations, famine, persecution and restrictions – left an indelible mark on Moldovan society and its mentality. These russian policies that inscribed deep scars in collective memory besides found their varied reflection in contemporary literature.
Three decades after the collapse of the russian Union, writers from the Republic of Moldova proceed to return to this dark chapter of history, seeking to process both collective and individual trauma. The linguistic, moral and identity crises endured by a community surviving under the weight of totalitarianism are thus most vividly explored in contemporary prose. frequently understood as an act of reconstructing identity, the literary return to childhood remains 1 of the most resonant and enduring creative strategies in Moldovan writing today.
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