Structure of the Higher Leadership in the Romanian Communist Party. Dynamics of Restructuring: 1944-1965. III. 1953-1958 Cover Image

Structura conducerii superioare a Partidului. Comunist Român. Dinamica remanierilor: 1944-1965 III. 1953-1958
Structure of the Higher Leadership in the Romanian Communist Party. Dynamics of Restructuring: 1944-1965. III. 1953-1958

Author(s): Horia Nestorescu-Bălcești
Subject(s): Bibliography, Political history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: bibliography; Romania; communist party; higher leadership; structure; restructuring dynamics; 40s; 50s; 60s;

Summary/Abstract: The most dramatic stage in the lawful life of the Romanian Workers' (Communist) Party, i.e., the 1950-1952 interval, begins with the purges of a quarter of the party members (according to official figures, between 192,000 and 300,000 members) and ends with Act I of the internal struggle for power, within the Party, between the "inner wing" (Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej) and the "outer (pro-Soviet) wing" led by Ana Pauker, with Vasile Luca and Teohari Georgescu among its members.

  • Issue Year: II/1994
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 224-243
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Romanian