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Prince Carol’s desertion from the army and his marriage to Zizi Lambrino. The scandal that rocked the Royal House of Romania in 1918
To the many problems Romanian authorities had to face during the difficult year of 1918, there also was a dynastic crisis in the royal family to deal with. At the end of August, the Crown Prince Carol left his mountain troop unit in Târgu Neamț and fled to Odessa,...
The elections of June 1918: «The Marghiloman Parliament»
Following the toppling of the first Averescu cabinet (January 29-March 4, 1918), King Ferdinand I was forced to entrust the formation of a new executive to Alexandru Marghiloman, a conservative politician and avowed Pro-German, with the hope that he would be able to...
Ukraine’s reaction after the union of Bessarabia with Romania: Kiev demands the annexation of the territory between Prut and Dniester
The union of Bessarabia with Romania, voted by a large majority of the Chișinău Country Council on April 9 (March 27, old style) 1918, was contested by Ukraine. Kiev rejected the unification and raised claims on the territory between Prut and Dniester. The Romanian...