CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE AGRARIAN REFORM FROM 1945 IN FORMER IALOMITA COUNTY
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE AGRARIAN REFORM FROM 1945 IN FORMER IALOMITA COUNTY

Summary/Abstract: The agrarian reform of 1945, one of the first redistributive measures adopted by the new government led by Petru Groza, was a major political instrument to undermine the agrarian elites and expand the support base of the communists among the rural population. It was therefore a "revolutionary" reform, with a populist and even ethno-nationalist character, aimed at social rather than economic ends. This reform would prove illusory and ephemeral for the poor peasantry, being succeeded within a few years by the socialization policy of agriculture. Thus, from a political and programmatic point of view, the reform achieved its goal, leading to the abolition of large and medium-sized rural properties. This paper includes a case study on the implementation the agrarian reform of 1945 in the former Ialomița County, from the perspective of the administrative factors involved in the process. The analysis addresses the normative, institutional and administrative framework, as well as at the particularities in the process of applying the reform in the former Ialomița County, as revealed by the archive sources.

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