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Sovietizarea României. O perspectivă geopolitică
The Sovietization of Romania. A Geopolitical Perspective

Author(s): Dragos Zamfirescu
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism, Geopolitics
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Romania; sovietization; geopolitics; Soviet Union;

Summary/Abstract: In the aftermath of WW II, Romania and several other eastern and central European states were included in the sphere of influence dominated by the Soviet Union. The invasion of Romania by the Soviet troops, following the coup d'etat of 23 August 1944, was the beginning of a process during which the history ofthe Romanian nation would be falsified, and presented in the perspective of the stalinist dogmas. The operation was coordinated by practiced 'illegalists', trained at Moscow's party schools. The duress that accompanied the implementation of the Soviet model in Romania is explained by the fact that both Stalin and other experts in the international communist revolution would rate Romania, alongside Poland, as a "vanguard of international imperialism". Holder of a doctor's degree in history,

  • Issue Year: III/1995
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 16-25
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian