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How did Vlad III Dracula’s brutality coexist with his political comebacks in Wallachia? What internal and external factors enabled his restorations?
Vlad III of Wallachia (r. 1448, 1456–62, 1476) is infamous for his use of impalement and terror, yet he returned to power three times — even after being imprisoned by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary....
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Was the footage of the execution of Ceaucescu and his wife ever published?
In a conversation on another social network some users are talking about the famous footage of the Ceaucescu's trial and execution. And there is one detail that has us puzzled.
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What was Axis's logic behind sailing Jewish refugees from Romania to Palestine?
I came accross the history of MV Struma and MV Mefkure that were transporting Jewish people, refugees from Europe, from Romania to Palestine but were lost in the process. From reading the articles ...
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What does this hill look like -- a neolithic tell, a tumulus, a vineyard terrace?
Southern Romania is full of tells (popularly called "măguri" in Romanian) dated to the neolithic culture of Gumelnița. Recently I have seen one such hill close to the villages of Mavrodin ...
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What was the military age in Romania between the world wars?
In order to understand some facts in my family’s history I am trying to figure out what was the military age in Romania between the world wars.
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Where can I find more details about "historian" André Du Nay?
André Du Nay appears as the author of one book, The Origins of the Rumanians: The Early History of the Rumanian Language, Toronto; Buffalo: Matthias Corvinus Pub. reviewed here on a respectable ...
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Did the US promise to save Romania from the Soviets?
Around and after the end of WW2, many Romanians believe that "the Americans are coming" to save us from the Soviet takeover. There is a belief that promises were made at high levels to ...
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Did Stephen the Great know about the discovery of the New World?
I am from Romania, where Stephen the Great of Moldavia is considered a national hero, and is often talked about and studied.
I noticed that his reign coincides with Columbus's discovery of the the New ...
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How would an Allied promise to "supply" Romania sway that country?
In wooing Romania to the "Allied" side in World War I, the "Entente" powers promised Romania not only post war territorial gains, but to "supply" the country's war needs ...
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What language(s) were spoken in 11th century Romania?
Curious to know what languages would've been spoken and used in correspondences during this time, specifically in Transylvania.
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Why do some 17th and 18th century maps depict Ottoman sanjaks north of the Danube in Wallachia?
Note: I am editing this question constantly, because after posting it I have realized that there are more maps involving the same description, beside Homann's of 1720. (That doesn't mean that they are ...
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What happened to Soviet POWs taken by non-German armies on WW2 Eastern front?
I have initially posted this question in relation to the Romanian army, which was second to the German on the Eastern front, but I have updated the title to include all other non-German armies on that ...
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Was Romania under German command during WWII?
At the beginning of WWII, Romania was independent, but then the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact came and parts of the country were invaded by Russians. This pact triggered Romania to join the war on the ...
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Oppression of non-ethnic Hungarians in Hungary pre 1800s
I was reading about Magyarization and it is noted that this process only began in the 1800s. However, I was wondering about earlier oppression of Romanians specifically in the Transylvania regions pre-...
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How did Ceaușescu survive the condemnation of the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968?
According to Wikipedia the communist leader of Romania (member of the Warsaw Pact) said that the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact forces is a "grave error". How could he "get away" with ...
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