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The Forest of the Hanged, the novel that illustrates the tragedy of Transylvanian Romanians during the Great War
First published in 1922, the Forest of the Hanged is one of the most important novels in the history of Romanian literature. The novel written by Liviu Rebreanu is inspired by the tragedy of his brother, Emil Rebreanu. He was a lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian army,...
Constantin Scărișoreanu, the first Romanian officer advanced to the rank of general on the battlefield
Born on January 11, 1869 in the village of Rucăr, Muscel County, Constantin Scărișoreanu distinguished himself during the First World War, being the first Romanian officer advanced to the rank of brigadier general on the battlefield, on October 14, 1916. A graduate of...
The arrest of Constantin Diamandy, Romania’s plenipotentiary minister in Petrograd, on Lenin’s order
On the evening of December 31, 1917 (January 13, 1918, new style), the plenipotentiary minister of Romania in Petrograd, Constantin Diamandy, and the staff of the Royal Legation of Romania were arrested by the Bolsheviks, under Lenin’s order, and taken to the St....