Bessarabia at the End of World War I – The Handbook of the Historical Department, Foreign Office (1919)

Abstract

The paper reproduces the handbook on Bessarabia, the former Russian province united in 1918 with Romania, prepared by the Historical Department of the Foreign Office for the use of the British delegation at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The handbook is an extremely important source for all aspects related to modern Bessarabia, from historical or geographical data to the social and economic realities in the province. The text proper is preceded by a short historical comment on the activity of the Historical Department of the Foreign Office in 1919-1920.