Romania and Russia in 1917. An Uneasy Alliance Cover Image

România și Rusia în 1917. O alianță nesigură
Romania and Russia in 1917. An Uneasy Alliance

Author(s): Manuel Stănescu
Subject(s): History, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Editura Militară
Keywords: Romania in WWI;Russia in WWI;Eastern Front;Battles of 1917;Russian Revolution;

Summary/Abstract: Both in the historiography of the last decades as well as in the Romanian collective mentality, the year 1917 (with its climax, battles of Mărăști, Mărășești, Oituz) is almost exclusively an Romanian success, the Russian ally being presented in a vague light, which rather suggests a discreet influence of the political situation on the front and the territory under the Romanian state. In reality, over 1 million Russian soldiers on the Romanian territory represented a permanent source of hope mingled with fear, and the two revolutions (from March and October) and the profound transformations they have generated have greatly influenced relations between the allies.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 7-17
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian