Ultimele zile de libertate, primele zile de închisoare: diplomaţi şi consuli români în Rusia (1917-1918)
The last days of freedom, the first days of imprisonment: Romanian diplomats and consuls in Russia (1917-1918)

Summary/Abstract: In the historiography dedicated to the Romanian-Russian relations in the 1916-1918 period, the apprehension of Romanians diplomats in the night of December 31, 1917/January 13, 1918, their release and then the cease of diplomatic relations between the two states have been common topics. However, the recent years have witnessed the emergence of different interpretations of these moments, mostly in the western literature dedicated to the First World War. On the other hand, the status of Romanian consuls in Ismail, Odessa and even Kishinev in late 1917 and mostly in the first months of 1918 – a timeframe marked by numerous political and social changes – was not a topic of choice for historians. Starting from these premises, my aim is to feature the difficult circumstances faced by Romanians diplomats in 1917, to analyze the various interpretations of the arrest of the diplomatic staff in Petrograd and the implications on the presence of Romanian consuls in Ismail, Odessa and Kishinev.

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