The Republic of Maramureş and the Strategy of Romania’s Sovietization Policy from the Washington Administration Perspective Cover Image

„Republica Maramureș” și strategia politicii de sovietizare a României în viziunea administrației americane
The Republic of Maramureş and the Strategy of Romania’s Sovietization Policy from the Washington Administration Perspective

Author(s): Cornel Sigmirean, Gheorghe Cojocaru
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Political history, History of Communism, Cold-War History
Published by: Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane Gheorghe Şincai al Academiei Române
Keywords: Sovietization; Republic of Maramureș; the Soviet Union; American observers; secessionism; communism

Summary/Abstract: The “Republic of Maramureș” was a distinct state of affairs generated by the Soviets in their politics of subordinating East and Central Europe by installing communist regimes. In the political practice envisaged by Lenin and completed by Stalin, for the extension of communism outside the Soviet Union and its control over a large part of the world all possible actions were allowed, regardless of its immorality and absence of historical or legal foundation.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 160-182
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Romanian