About Cyrillic alphabet and policy …

Language is the policy too! Unfortunately, it is so. Therefore the destiny of Cyrillic alphabet is actual today. Here is the characteristic example: in 1989 the parliament of Moldova adopted the law on transfer of graphics of the Moldavian language from Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin, but the Moldavians living on a left bank of Dniestr kept fidelity to Cyrillic alphabet. In order to understand what occurs today, the information and analysis centre Eurasia Inform decided to interrogate the experts.

One of them became our constant author – the historian Nikolay Babilunga. He manages the research laboratory “History of Transnistria” and department of national history of Dniestr State University by T.G. Shevchenko, he is the associate editor of the scientific edition “History of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic”.

Here is his point of view:

- What place is occupied by the Cyrillic alphabet in orthodox "great written tradition"?

- Neither French, nor German, neither Italian, nor English, any other language, except Latin, Greek and Aramaic (Judaic) on which the Scriptus was stated, weren't the communication language with God throughout thousands years. The German requiem of Brams appears only in the second half of ХIX century. The requiem is not in Latin, but in German! And it was break for the West European consciousness.

And Church Slavonic language became the uniting spiritual force of the East European people at the beginning of the second millennium of the New era. It united not only the Slavic people, but also some Romance, including Moldavians and Ungurs (in Transylvania). Only full laymen or sharpers from science can deny it.

- In your opinion, what the refusal of Cyrillic alphabet of those people for whom it became historically the first alphabet is caused?

- The matter is only about the political project which was developed for the East European countries by Catholics and even Protestants. They were enticed into system of the West European values with quite specific political goals to reach advantage in the solution of East question. The essence it was reduced to where the Balkan and East European people of the collapsing and weakening Ottoman Empire will go: whether to Russia, whether to Western Europe. In 1862 the Latin alphabet was violently used by the order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Romania of that time in the Integrated principalities of Moldova and Walachia, church services in Church Slavonic language were forbidden, the celebrations of orthodox sacred were cancelled, the robbery and destruction of all Slavic heritage began.

We are the Romanians and that’s all, as the well-known poet told who welcomed it, despite an obvious non Romanian origin. At the end of the XX century we saw approximately such repetition of already passable way in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. There was nothing good except geopolitical reorientation of these territories in the Atlantic direction. Whether the people became happier from such reorientation, let it will solve.

- Is the rehabilitation of Cyrillic alphabet and equal use of two alphabets as at Serbo-Croatian language in Montenegro and Bosnia possible in modern Moldova?

- I think that the rehabilitation of Cyrillic alphabet is impossible in right-bank Moldova. The new generation of the intellectuals of Moldova is too tied on these new, alien for Moldavians from time immemorial, realities. In my opinion, the train is gone finally and irrevocably. Let the blighters of the Moldavian originality rejoice. They almost achieve the purpose. In a political class of Moldova they watch the creation of the hands with pleasure and horror! In the late eighties they started on a merry note (Moldova is for Moldavians! Suitcase – railway station - Russia! Let's drown the Russians in Jewish blood! and so forth) and finished on a sad one of Moldavians! Came to denial of the existence of Moldavians as unique nation. That’s all! Final station!

The future will show whether these henchmen are necessary to the new owners. And not so far future. It isn't a pity for them. Be careful what you wish for! Neither you, nor your children, your grandsons aren't necessary to “the Romanian brothers” here! Not for this purpose they bought you, that to leave all riches of the unfortunate Moldavian earth to you on plunder. It will be more impudently and quicker than you. After all, as we know, the most impudent wins from all strongest, the strongest wins from all the most impudent. And you are not competitors to Romanians.

Cleverest of this generation understood for a long time the need of return to Cyrillic alphabet and protection of the Moldavian originality against an impact of an aggressive Romanizm. At least to keep own sinecures. But the time left! The order will arrive soon – get out of first-class carriages. They are not for you!

- Are the return to the Moldavian originality in right-bank Moldova (Cyrillic alphabet rehabilitation, refusal of the Romanian tricolour in favour of a historical banner of the Moldavian principality etc., refusal from “History of the Romanians” and the return of the subject “History of Moldova”) capable to become a step to settlement of the Dniestr conflict?

- It seems to me that the Moldavian originality won't help the Dniestr settlement. Firstly, there is a certain law of inertia. That they began in due time, they won't be able to stop any more. And they don’t need it more. They will continue to repeat further by inertia about “horrors of the Bolshevism” and the readiness to protect Europe from new invasion of “Slavic barbarians”.

And if in 1940 the Councils managed to stop denationalization of Moldavians and even to go on the way of their subsequent transformation in prospering “socialist nation” to whom in the middle of the last century the neighbours envied living at Ceausescu in the dark and poverty, so now the capitalist Russia is not the Councils. No Abramovich, any Vekselberg will begin to put any rouble in revival of the Moldavian originality and prosperity of Moldova as sovereign of international law.

Secondly, that nobody in Moldova won't stir a finger for real settlement of so-called “Dniestr conflict”. Because it is a milk cow for feeding of the kids, godfathers and misters from ruling circles. The West willingly will bribe further these political swindlers if only they weren't reoriented on Russia.

Sometimes, as it was done by Voronin, they even will intimidate paranoids like Bzhezinsky by the possible turn towards Russia. But only to receive new tranches and financial streams in the pockets.

Thirdly, because the new generation grew for this period in Transnistria which even can't imagine how it is possible to live under the laws of the semi-Nazi state like Moldova. The difference is already so obvious, that the former silent supporters of an ethnototalitarian regime of Moldova by all means vote for connection with Russia on referenda.

Transnistria is not the sugar pie. Here there are difficulties and problems too. But they are ours! And Moldova won't solve them! Even if it also refuses from absurdist “History of the Romanians”! Or will return to Cyrillic alphabet natural to Moldavians. What it matters for inhabitants of Transnistria?