INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS AMONG THE INTELLECTUALS OF THE HUNGARIAN AUTONOMOUS REGION (IN THE LOCALITIES OF THE CURRENT COVASNA AND HARGHITA COUNTIES) Cover Image

RELAȚIILE INTERETNICE LA INTELECTUALII DIN REGIUNEA AUTONOMĂ MAGHIARĂ (DIN LOCALITĂȚILE ACTUALELOR JUDEȚE COVASNA ȘI HARGHITA)
INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS AMONG THE INTELLECTUALS OF THE HUNGARIAN AUTONOMOUS REGION (IN THE LOCALITIES OF THE CURRENT COVASNA AND HARGHITA COUNTIES)

Author(s): Ioan Lăcătușu, Tatiana Scurtu
Subject(s): Cultural history, Historical Geography, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane Gheorghe Şincai al Academiei Române
Keywords: inter-ethnic relations; Romanians; Hungarians; the Hungarian Autonomons Region;

Summary/Abstract: The present article analyzes the state of inter-ethnic relations among the intellectuals of the Hungarian Autonomous Region (in the localities of the current Covasna and Harghita counties). In the beginning, data are presented regarding the ethnic and confessional structure of the communities in the reference period. Then the inter-ethnic relations between Romanian and Hungarian intellectuals are analyzed, differentiated into the main socio-professional categories: political leaders, state officials, teachers, doctors, engineers, priests, etc. The article shows the negative aspects of the inter-ethnic relations between the few Romanian intellectuals left in the area and their Hungarian colleagues, but also moments of “normality”. At the same time, the difference between the period 1952–1960, when the districts of Tg. Secuiesc and Sf. Gheorghe belonged to the Hungarian Autonomous Region from 1960 to 1968, when the two districts were part of the Stalin Region and Brașov, respectively.

  • Issue Year: 25/2022
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 95-112
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Romanian