Viața cotidiană în primii ani de totalitarism în RSS Moldovenească [Articol]

Abstract

The forced establishment of Soviet power in Bessarabia led to important political, economic and ideological transformations, including changes in the daily life of the population. The state gradually imposed its control over people's private lives. People began to be forced to adopt the Soviet way of life, in which exaggerated collectivism dominated. In 1940-1941, officials were preoccupied with the creation of local administrative bodies, and communist propaganda was trying to create the illusion of future prosperity through unsubstantiated statements. This was the period when the strong discrepancy between official statements and the actual actions of state power was apparent. This process was interrupted by military operations and a brief phase of re-establishing the romanian administration. After 1944 the besarabians were fully integrated into the totalitarian system, having to: refuse to accept the daily habits of democratic society and the idea of personal well-being; accept the degradation of the quality of life; live at the command of the state; adapt to communist ideology.