by ciprian | Aug 29, 2018 | Austria, New or Changed Borders, Poland, Russian Empire
When we speak about partitions of Poland, (1772, 1793, 1795), we think at three territorial divisions of Poland, perpetrated by Russia, Prussia, and Austria, by which Poland’s size was progressively reduced until, after the final partition, the state of Poland ceased... by Ciprian Stoleru | Aug 27, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Romania
Situated at the intersection of three great empires, Romania was forced to prudently and cautiously navigate the turbulent waters of the Balkans and of Central Europe. The objectives of the authorities in Bucharest were to consolidate the state, to ensure its... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Aug 24, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Romania, World War I in 1918
In the autumn of 1917, the Emperor of Germany visited occupied Romania. Wilhelm II took advantage of Germany’s successes on the Western Front, in Flanders, to visit the Eastern Front, that was stabilized in the summer of the same year in the aftermath of the... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Aug 21, 2018 | Romania
Poverty reigned in the capital after the Royal Family, the Parliament and many of its inhabitants evacuated to Iași. The ones who remained had nothing to eat, even though peasants came to the city often enough with full carts, drudgingly navigating the bombed-out... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Aug 18, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Romania, World War I in 1918
August 1916. A good decision followed by a string of tragedies like in a game of domino. Romania was not prepared and Bucharest had to be sacrificed. It had to be abandoned and left in the hands of the enemy. Many had left to the former capital of Moldavia-Bucharest...