Moldavian women in history. Destinies, politics, and love

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The collection of articles is unquestionably a complete, profound author’s study written according to the latest methodological requirements; it contains an extensive educational component that takes into account the needs of modern historical knowledge and is designed for a wide range of readers – scientists, educators, students. The conclusions correspond to the content and reveal the purpose and objectives set in the study. Novelty of the problems of feminist history in Moldova makes the study additionally interesting not only for professional historians, but also for the general public interested in the system of public relations in Central and Eastern Europe of the 14th–17th centuries. Lorina Petrovna Repina Women’s history is no longer a subject for discussions about its uselessness, irrelevance, and especially for the non-academic approach. At present, women’s history as a new interdisciplinary direction has not only firmly taken its place in the series of fundamental research, but also reliably blended into the historical outline of modern discourse. The factor of expansion of historical research also has a fundamental importance in modern historical science. The new social history began to be studied not in the perspective of social movements, but through the prism of historical anthropologism. The challenge, thrown by the women’s movement more than half a century ago, was not only heard, but also gave impetus to the search for new methods, approaches and directions. Moreover, there are practically no countries, where this sector of historical science would not take a firm scientific and methodological direction. Unfortunately, the Republic of Moldova has become an exception in this list. The topic is closed in the scientific community as “irrelevant and unpromising”. For many years, researchers in this field have struggled to establish themselves in a scientific area. Lilia Zabolotnaia