by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 13, 2019 | Austria, Hungary, World War I in 1918
The First World War ended with the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Dual Monarchy came out of the conflict it has caused split in half, with its two constituent parts permanently separated. Moreover, these territories themselves were in turn broken up,... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Dec 12, 2018 | Austria, Romania
Of all the provinces that had joined with Romania after the First World War, Bukovina was the only one that did not have a majority Romanian population. The area was the political and cultural centre of medieval Moldavia, but almost 150 years of Austrian rule... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Dec 7, 2018 | Austria, Romania
The Duchy of Bukovina, which was a part of Austria-Hungary since the establishment of the Double Monarchy, from 1867 until 1918, represented the northern part of medieval Moldavia. The Habsburg Empire occupied this territory in 1775, and on November 28, 1918, due to... by Ciprian Stoleru | Dec 3, 2018 | Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania
The end of the First World War also brought about the emergence of movements to liberate the oppressed people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the goal to establish new national states. Thus, on October 28, 1918, after great popular demonstrations, the independent... by Ciprian Stoleru | Nov 30, 2018 | Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, World War I in 1918, Yugoslavia
In August 1918, the German army was about to be defeated on the western front. In just over a month, with the advance of the French army in Thessaloniki, the Bulgarian front collapsed. On September 26, the government of Sofia called for an armistice (signed in... 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...