Common Ukrainian-Moldovan Places of Memory in the Cultural Landscape of the Orhei Codres of the Republic of Moldova

Author

Bosa Liubov

a Ph.D. in History, a senior research fellow at the Ukrainian Ethnological Centre Department of the NASU’s Maksym Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folkloristics and Ethnology. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5381-8151

Holovko Oleksandr

a junior research fellow at the Archival Scientific Funds of Manuscripts and Audio‑Recordings Department of the NASU’s Maksym Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folkloristics and Ethnology. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0270-6715

Common Ukrainian-Moldovan Places of Memory in the Cultural Landscape of the Orhei Codres of the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

The article is based on the materials of an expeditionary journey in 2019 to Orhei district of the Republic of Moldova. The importance of local traditions formed in the conditions of Ukrainian-Moldovan intercultural coexistence and included into modern arsenal of cultural memory of both Moldovans and Ukrainians is emphasized. Especial significance of the cultural landscape of the territory as the collective memory retransmitter in this is noted.  Owing to the analysis of the interconnections between the local community and the natural conditions of its residence, it has become possible to determine the features of folk housing, economic practices, rituals, etc. The formative importance of the former estate of the landowner K. Balioz in Ivancha village (Ivancea) in the mental construction of the local landscape is shown. At the same time, such structure is influenced significantly by the location of the settlement in the area of the Old Orhei (Orheiul Vechi), a unique natural and cultural zone, which is considered as an iconic place of Moldova. Numerous commemorative practices of Ukrainians, namely the creation of public organizations, the activities of local folk group, search for the up-to-date forms of self‑presentation, are important components of life of the Ivancha villagers. Besides, it is also an essential aspect of the development of ethnic self‑consciousness of the entire Ukrainian community of Moldova in general in the conditions of conscious harmonious intercultural coexistence and common places of memory.

Keywords

Ukrainians of Moldova, common places of memory, cultural landscape, Old Orhei, Ivancha village, Balioz estate, commemorative practices.

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