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Evolution of Bessarabian Bulgarians’ Perceptions of Ethno-Identification Possibilities of Native Language Education ...
ISSN: 2367 - 8585Publisher: author   
Evolution of Bessarabian Bulgarians’ Perceptions of Ethno-Identification Possibilities of Native Language Education ...
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Publisher: Proglas St. Cyril And St. Methodius University Press
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Abstract
The present paper provides a historical perspective of representations of Bulgarian immigrants in Bessarabia and their descendants on how it is possible to preserve their own ethno-cultural identity in the conditions a multiethnic environment, how to resist assimilation, and subsequently – what tasks the community and its leaders have assigned to native language education. Several attempts by Bulgarian immigrants to organize native language education are considered; the author analyzes whether – and to what extent – there were special requirements for the content of the training. Summing up the history of the education of the Bessarabian Bulgarians, we can conclude that it is in fact a history of contradictions between the aspirations of Bulgarians to teach their children in their native language and the state policy of Russia, Romania, the USSR and the Republic of Moldova. Based on the documentation and scholarly papers on the ...