THE LITTLE-KNOWN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR JOHN STOKES, THE FIRST BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE IN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF THE DANUBE (1856 – 1871) – PART ONE –

Sir John Stokes, the first British representative in the European Commission of the Danube, wrote a little known account of his life. Besides a brief presentation of the career of Lt. – General John Stokes, Royal Engine...

The History of the Anticommunist Resistence in Banat. The Organisation of Dr. Liviu Vuc (1948-1952)

For many years, after World War II, the Banat region was a centre of armed resistance against communism. One of the organizations that fought against the communist authorities illustrated itself under the leadership of D...

RAPORTUL SECRET AL LUI NIKITA HRUŞCIOV ŞI EFECTELE SALE ÎN ROMÂNIA

The Situation of the Refugees in Covurlui County between 1939 and 1940

The issue of the refugees was brought about both by the dissappearance of Poland in 1939 and by Romania’s territorial losses in the tragic year 1940. The whole country had to deal with it. Covurlui County and implicitly...

Alexander’s Reception in the Romanian Culture

The fascinating personality of the great Macedonian penetrated long ago and in various ways in the Romanian culture. Firstly, by means of Alexandria, the popular book known from Ireland to the Java Islands, then, at a sc...