On Tuesday, December 11, at the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova it was held the presentation of the book "Press and Censorship in Bessarabia. DOCUMENTS (19^th - early 20^th centuries)", Pontos Publishing House, Chișnău, 2012, 212 p. (author: Maria Danilov). The book appeared in the series "Unpublished Histories and Documents, Monographs 5".

At the event, as the special guests, along with the coordinator of the series Dr. Sergiu Musteață from the "Ion Creanga" State Pedagogical University, there have participated  Academician Andrei Eșanu, historians Gheorghe Negru, Ion Negrei, Silvia Grossu, Ion Ţurcanu, Ion Buga, Elena Postică, Vlad Mischevca, Alina Felea, Vasile Malanețchi, Igor Cereteu, writer Vladimir Beșleaga, etc.

The event was also attended by a large audience, composed of curators, teachers, students of the State University of Moldova and the "Ion Creanga" State Pedagogical University (Chișinău).

Academician Andrei Eșanu in his speech stressed the need for further studies on issues related to the investigation of the "dark" century, that is the Tsarist period in the history of Bessarabia (1812-1918). Then there presented their views historians Ion Ţurcanu și Gheorghe Negru. The last insisted that the museum institution in recent years has achieved considerable results in developing a range of works useful for historical research - collection catalogs, and Dr. Maria Danilov's work also fits perfectly in the area of investigation of the historical and cultural heritage. Dr. Silvia Grossu highlighted that the book „Press and Censorship" will be useful for the students of the subject "History of Bessarabian Press during the Tsarist period".

The publication includes an analysis of important sources from the National Archives of the Republic of Moldova, which directly reflects the activity of censorship institutions  concentrated in the funds of the Civil Governor of Bessarabia and the Chief of Gendarmes of Chișinău: correspondence "top secret" between local government officials of different levels: Civil Governor of Bessarabia, Head of the Provincial Gendarmerie, City ​​Attorney of Chisinau, and district police chiefs. And at the final stage - the correspondence with central structures in St. Petersburg (Main Department for Media and Censorship Issues). The research results are important not only to highlight some significant steps in the emergence and consolidation of Bessarabian press and the system of censorship in the Russian Empire, which provided strict control in border areas, as was Bessarabia, but to elucidate the phenomenon of imperial censorship and its impact on Romanian language press in particular. The study is accompanied by annexes / documentary reproductions, bibliography, indexes of titles and names, summaries in Russian and English.

Author of the volume Maria Danilov publicly thanked Mr. Sergiu Musteață, the coordinator of the series "Unpublished Histories and Documents", who helped the publication to see the light.