L’image de l’autre: O perspectivă italiană asupra rolului A.R.L.U.S. în sovietizarea culturii și învățământului României
L'image de l'autre: An Italian perspective on the role of A.R.L.U.S. in the sovietization of Romania's culture and education

Summary/Abstract: The study aims to present the activity of ARLUS in the first year of operation based on some original documents kept in the Italian archives and which bring less known details on the crystallization of the association in the distinct climate of 1944-45, from its formation in the whole of Romanian-allies friendship societies until the acquisition of preeminence in the cultural-educational field, against the background of the sovietization policy started since the end of the Second World War under the permanent supervision of the occupation troops. Issues related to the internal organization of one of the most important pillars of Soviet propaganda in Romania are highlighted. The association's role in appointing the first ambassador to Moscow after the resumption of bilateral relations on August 6, 1945, and the profiles of some of the personalities who illustrated the society's evolution at the beginning of its operation are outlined. It is also highlighted the involvement of ARLUS and the House of Romanian-Soviet Friendship under its patronage in sending the most substantial contingents of Romanian scholarship holders to universities in the USSR in the late 1940s and early 1950s and the mechanisms for selecting young scholars as such so that they correspond to the precepts imposed by Moscow.

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