title: Transformation of the ethnic consciousness of the Italian Basso dynasty in Bessarabia: case study
abstract: This article has attempted, using the example of one Italian dynasty that settled in Bessarabia, to show the transformation of the ethnic consciousness of its descendants. In the second half of the 19th century, the emigration of Italians to Bessarabia was not as active as it was in Romania, for example, or in the Crimea. Nevertheless, Italian citizens who decided to emigrate to Bessarabia in search of a better life, and in our case, this is about the Basso family, stayed here forever, linking t
journal: Journal of Ethnology and Culturology