History, maps and nationalities: Ethnographic map of the Democratic Republic of Moldavia (Bessarabia), 1918 (A. Nour, Republica Democratica a Moldovei - Basarabia: Harta etnografica, Bucuresti, Imprim. Gobl-Rasidescu, 1918.) Bessarabia, a predominantly Romanian‑speaking le, voted on 27 March 1918 to unite with Romania in order to safeguard its language, affirm its national identity, and protect its cultural traditions amid the political uncertainty following the Russian Empire’s collapse. (A better version and more ethnographic maps of Bessarabia: historicalmaps.edmaps.com/romania/) #ethnographic #map #carte #ethnographique #union #history #histoire #Moldavie #Moldavia #Moldova #Bessarabia #Basarabia #Transnistria #Romania #France #Ukraine #Russia #Romanians #Hungarians #Germans #Bulgarians @sandumaiamd