The Arrest of C. Diamandy, Romania’s Plenipotentiary Minister in Petrograd, as Reflected in the Romanian Press, French Memoirs and American Monographs Cover Image

Arestarea ministrului plenipotențiar al României la Petrograd, C. Diamandy, în presa românească, memorialistica franceză și monografii americane
The Arrest of C. Diamandy, Romania’s Plenipotentiary Minister in Petrograd, as Reflected in the Romanian Press, French Memoirs and American Monographs

Author(s): Sorin Cristescu
Subject(s): History, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Editura Militară
Keywords: diplomatic relations; Petropavlovsk fortress; diplomatic corps;

Summary/Abstract: An extraordinary incident in diplomatic history is the arrest of the Romanian minister in Petrograd, C. Diamandy, on 14th January 1918 as a measure of retaliation at the hostility of the Romanian government against the Bolsheviks in Romania and the response of the whole diplomatic corps in the Russian Capital, especially the French and American ambassadors, in order to obtain from V.I. Lenin the liberation of the Romanian diplomat.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 14-24
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian