Maps and Figures
Maps
1 Bessarabia’s shifting state borders since 1812 15
2 Southern Bessarabia 19
3 Ethnic map of Izmail Județ, created by Romanian police in autumn 1934 (Izmail state archive F312 D49 p. 218) 82
Figures
1 A view of Kotlovina in summer 2013 20
2 Danadzhi family from the village of Kazakliya performing in 1982. Courtesy of the Historical and Ethnographical Museum in Ceadir-Lunga 147
3 A Bulgarian folklore group performing in front of a World War II memorial in Izmail during city day celebrations, September 2012 173
4 Gagauz from southern Bessarabia celebrating the Day of Gagauz Culture in Odessa, September 2013 179
5 Inauguration of a monument commemorating Bulgarian fighters in the Russo-Turkish War 1877–78, Bolgrad, October 2012 186