Bessarabia, as an integral part of the Russian Empire, underwent the implementation of imperial reforms in the 1860s–1870s. These reforms were adapted to local specifics, with the aim of emphasizing the process of Russification and denationalization. Over time, the issue of liberal reforms has attracted the attention of researchers. In modern historiography, references to these reforms are found in works authored by Pavel Batiușkov and Zamfir Arbore. Petre Cazacu, Ștefan Ciobanu, Alexandru Boldur, and Ion Nistor are historians who, during the interwar period, tangentially analyzed bourgeois reforms in Bessarabia in their synthetic works. Meanwhile, I. Budac represents post-war historiography in studying this issue. At present, mentions of the problem of liberal reforms in Tsarist Bessarabia can be found in the works of historians Valentin Tomulets, Sergiu Cornea, Ludmila Coada, and Anatol Leshcu, as well as legal history specialists Elena Arama, Lilia Chirtoaca, and Valentina Coptilets.
Cristina Gherasim (Wed,) studied this question.