Exile, Scholarship, and Memory: Pushkin in Moldova between Cultural History and Politics
Journal: PLURAL History Culture Society
Year: 2025

This article analyzes more than two centuries of academic, public, and political afterlives of a brief but significant episode in Moldovan history. These are the three years in the early nineteenth century associated with Alexander Pushkin’s stay in the region. Exiled from the imperial capital of St. Petersburg to a territory annexed by the Russian Empire only eight years prior, the young poet produced an important body of work during this period. As political regimes in the region changed, the