The article examines the political processes that took place in
Bessarabia on the eve of its union with Romania, and reflected on the pages
of the newspapers from Petrograd and Moscow, in the late 1917 – early
1918. Involved in the struggle for power, the press from Russian capital
cities described very superficially and extremely passively the political life
of the Russian province, including the events in Bessarabia. Perhaps, the
Moscow and Petrograd press reflected on their pages those phenomena
and processes in Russia that were most interesting to the readers of the
two capital cities. The latter were carried away by eventsin their native cities,
where, of course, the fate of their country was decided. Meanwhile, the
national suburbs experienced an equally dramatic life. It was not only the
struggle between opponents and supporters of the Bolshevik government
which developed in there, but also the struggle for the determination of
their state structure, as independent countries or autonomous entities within
Russia. However, the political forces of Bessarabia chose their own way,
deciding to unite with Romania.