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9781501743191

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

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Satellite Empire is an in-depth investigation of the political and social history of the area in southwestern Ukraine under Romanian occupation during World War II. Transnistria was the only occupied Soviet territory administered by a power other than Nazi Germany, a reward for Romanian participation in Operation Barbarossa.Vladimir Solonari's invaluable contribution to World War II history focuses on three main aspects of Romanian rule of Transnistria: with fascinating insights from recently opened archives, Solonari examines the conquest and delimitation of the region, the Romanian administration of the new territory, and how locals responded to the occupation. What did Romania want from the conquest? The first section of the book analyzes Romanian policy aims and its participation in the invasion of the USSR. Solonari then traces how Romanian administrators attempted, in contradictory and inconsistent ways, to make Transnistria "Romanian" and "civilized" while simultaneously using it as a dumping ground for 150,000 Jews and 20,000 Roma deported from a racially cleansed Romania. The author shows that the imperatives of total war eventually prioritized economic exploitation of the region over any other aims the Romanians may have had. In the final section, he uncovers local responses in terms of collaboration and resistance, in particular exploring relationships with the local Christian population, which initially welcomed the occupiers as liberators from Soviet oppression but eventually became hostile to them. Ever increasing hostility towards the occupying regime buoyed the numbers and efficacy of pro-Soviet resistance groups.

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Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 décembre 2019

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781501743191

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

10 Mo

A SATELLITE EMPIRE

ROMANI AN RUL E I N SOUT HWEST E RN UKRAI NE , 1941–1944

Vl a d i m i r S o lo n a r i

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS Ithaca and London

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First published 2019 by Cornell University Press

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Names: Solonari, Vladimir, author. Title: A satellite empire : Romanian rule in southwestern Ukraine, 1941–1944. Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019002500 (print) | LCCN 2019003651 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501743191 (pdf ) | ISBN 9781501743207 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501743184 | ISBN 9781501743184 (cloth) Subjects: LCSH: Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941–1944)—Politics and government. | World War, 1939–1945—Ukraine— Transnistria (Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941–1944) Classification: LCC DK508.9.T73 (ebook) | LCC DK508.9.T73 S64 2019 (print) | DDC 940.53/4772—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019002500

Cover photograph: Metropolitan Visarion Puiu in a Bolshevik camp. To the left of Puiu, first row, is Governor Gheorghe Alexianu. Transnistria, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy of DANIC.

To my wife and children, Anastasia, Elizaveta, and Alexei

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Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Note on Toponyms xiii Maps xiv

Introduction

C r e at i n g a n d R u n n i n g Tr a n s n i s t r i a

1. Conquering and Delimiting Transnistria 2. Defining Aims and Experiencing the Limits of Occupation 3. Configuring Transnistrian Administration 4. Ruling Transnistria Pa r t 2 : Tr a n s f o r m i n g a n d E x p lo i t i n g Tr a n s n i s t r i a 5. Making Transnistria “Romanian” 6. “Civilizing” Transnistria 7. Extracting Economic Resources Pa r t 3 : R e s p o n d i n g to R o m a n i a n O cc u pat i o n 8. Accommodating and Collaborating 9. Resisting, Phase I: Disasters 10. Resisting, Phase II: Recovery to Resurgence

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Conclusion

Notes 239 Archival Sources Index 293

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My research was made possible by gener ous support from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Educational Foundation, the National Endowmentfor the Humanities, and the Imre Kertész Kolleg at the Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena. My home institution, the University of Central Florida, also generously supported my research travel to archival sites through the Pauley Endowment and otherwise encouraged me in my efforts. I express the deepest possible gratitude to all these institutions. Numerous scholars, who at various occasions commented on papers that led to this book, pro vided me with insightful comments and offered invaluable advice as to how I could improve my work, among them Amir Weiner, Norman Naimark, JohnPaul Himka, Omer Bartov, Per Rudling, Alexander Prusin, Holly Case, Harris Mylonas, Irina Livezeanu, Leon Volovici, Jean Ancel, Mikhail Tyaglyy, Michael DavidFox, Peter Holquist, Diana Dumitru, Nathalie Moine, Cathe rine Goussef, Tanja Penter, Joachim von Putkamer, Stephen Lovell, Kenneth Slepyan, Ben Torne, Marius Turda, Paul Weindling, Flavius Solomon, Zvi Gittelman, Tal Bruttmann, Andrew Kornbluth, Alexandru Moraru, Liviu Carare, Luis MartinezFernandez, Joanna Michlic, Martin Dean, Peter Haslinger, MarineJanine Calic, Bėla Bodó, Eric Steinhart, Wendy Lower, and Radu Ioanid. Special thanks go to Dmitry Tartakovsky, who helped me get rid of many typos and otherwise strengthen my text. Needless to say, all errors and omissions are my own. I am also indebted to my colleagues at the Department of History at the University of Central Florida, who invari ably showed their interest in my work, helped me in ways too numerous to remember, and encouraged me to trudge on. Archivists in Washington, DC, Jerusalem, Kyiv, Odessa, Freiburg, and Chiinău deserve the most effu sive praise for their professionalism and tenacity in helping me identify and obtain necessary documents. Finally, my mom, Elvira, my aunt Nelli, and my sister Olga and her family provided me board and warmth during my research trips to Moldova, Ukraine, and Germany, while my family in the United States, my wife Anastasia, daughter Elizaveta, and son Alexei, helped me weather various storms along the road by extending their love and care. ix

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