The relevance of this study is due to the significant activation of anti-Russian rhetoric deployed by the official authorities of Moldova, distortion of the history of the development of the Moldovan state. Against the background of the formation of the image of the Mother Country from Romania, the image of a hostile and aggressive state is being formed from Russia, which, in 1812, allegedly dismembered the Moldavian Principality and occupied Bessarabia – the territory between the Prut and Dniester rivers. The purpose and objective of the research is to form reasoned, scientifically based conclusions that refute such a pseudoscientific theory. The research uses general scientific and special research methods – systematic, logical, analysis and synthesis, historical, interpretation and others. The subject of the study was ancient chronicles, normative legal acts, scientific publications of a historical and legal nature by domestic and foreign authors, including Moldovan and Romanian. As a result of the study, the effectiveness of a separate model of public administration in Bessarabia was proved, which made it possible to transform Bessarabia from a sparsely populated and backward territory into one of the most highly developed provinces of the Russian Empire.

Slavic lands of Moldova, Bucharest Peace Treaty, provisional rule in Bessarabia, Bessarabian region, Bessarabian province, judicial reform of Bessarabia, economy of Bessarabia

Karaman Alexander Akimovich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Advisor to the President, International Slavic Academy of Sciences, Education, Arts and Culture (404 off., 29, Vernadsky ave., Moscow, 119331, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0002-9459-3363, RSCI AuthorID: 337728, e-mail: alexman-k@mail.ru

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