Codrul Cosminului
Vol. XVIII, No. 1,
July 2012
Department of Human, Social and Political Sciences, 2012
C O N T E N T S




   

        ELITES,  RELIGION  AND  CULTURE

Ismail Kose, The monastery of Soumela and ancient trade routes connected to it ................
7
Vasile M. Demciuc, L'eglise Sainte Sophie de Trebizonde - un repere dans l'architecture
          religieuse byzantine  ..............................................................................................

29
Lilia Zabolotnaia Pavel, The story of the courtship of Catherine "The Circassian",
          the second wife of the prince Vasile Lupu ................................................................

43


        INTERNATIONAL  STUDIES

Aurelian Lavric, The emergence of the problem of Bukovina within the European
          geopolitical space ..................................................................................................

51
Aleksandr Sych, Problema tsivilizatsionnogo vybora v stranah tsentral'no-
          vostochnoi Evropy posle Pervoi Mirovoi Voiny ..........................................................

67
Cristian Sandache, The USSR during the interwar period: political-diplomatic aspects .........
79
Jakub Pienkowski, The knotted rails - economic situation and geopolitical
          determinants of Moldovan railways ...........................................................................

89
Adrian Botezatu, Florin Pintescu, Russia at the beginning of 3rd millenium.
          Geopolitical resources and options .....................................................................

107


        POLITICS,  CONFLICTS  AND  SOCIETY

Alina Felea, Reflections on divorce in Bessarabia in the first half
          of the nineteenth century: the adultery .....................................................................

127
Luisa-Georgiana Bargoanu, La societe moldave pendant la guerre de Crimee
          dans la vision des consuls et voyageurs francais ......................................................

139




    NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ......................................................................................
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    INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS .................................................................................
159