ROMANIANS FROM THE FORMER COUNTY OF SOLNOC-DOBÂCA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918) Cover Image

PARTICIPAREA ROMÂNILOR DIN FOSTUL JUDEȚ SOLNOC-DOBÂCA LA PRIMUL RĂZBOI MONDIAL (1914-1918)
ROMANIANS FROM THE FORMER COUNTY OF SOLNOC-DOBÂCA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918)

Author(s): Vasile Mărculeţ, Alexandru Bucur
Subject(s): History, Military history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Editura Muzeului National al Marinei Romane
Keywords: Transylvania;World War (September 1914 - June 1918);Szolnok;mobilization;

Summary/Abstract: The First World War also marked the lives of the Romanian inhabitants and the Solnoc-Dobâca in which they lived that were part of the former-county Solnoc-Dobâca. In the actions imposed by the war were involved 32,923 persons from the 313 localities reviewed. Between 1914 and 1918 from the localities of the county were concentrated 32,880 Romanian inhabitants. Among those called to arms, 31,198 were employed in the active part, as soldiers on the frontline, and 1,682 in the sedentary part for auxiliary activities or mobilized on the spot. 23 other Romanian inhabitants were detained to be incarcerated or imprisoned in camp most likely because of their involvement in the national fight and 20 of them chose the path of refuge. During the war, among the Romanians mobilized, 2, 476 died on the front, 835 died in detention, in exile, due to the diseases they caught or from the injuries and 3,125 went missing. At the end of the war the number of survivors was 26,487. 22,754 of them returned home fully healthy, 2,051 ill or injured which afterwards would make a full recovery and 1,682 of them disabled. 2,752 medals were received. Those that were dead or had disappeared left behind 2,684 widows and 5,846 orphans. The communities of the county had their own contribution in sustaining the war. The donation and voluntary contributions made by the inhabitants of those communities reached a total value of 407,120 lei during the entire war. At the same time, they suffered damages that reached a total value of 329,345 lei.

  • Issue Year: VII/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 99-120
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English, Romanian