by Ciprian Stoleru | Aug 12, 2019 | Hungary, Romania, World War I in 1918
The Count of Saint-Aulaire, the French ambassador to Bucharest between 1916 and 1920, was one of the greatest supporters of the Romanian cause both during the First World War and at the Paris Peace Conference. Saint-Aulaire’s memoirs provide lesser known details about... by Ciprian Stoleru | Aug 9, 2019 | Hungary, Romania
The book of Romanian historian Florin Constantiniu, “A sincere history of the Romanian people”, produced, ever since its first edition, a wide-reaching impact in Romanian society. The “sincere and honest” approach of history was sorely lacking from Romanian... by Ciprian Stoleru | Aug 5, 2019 | Hungary, Romania, Treaty of Versailles
For Romania, the First World War did not end on November 11, 1918. The Romanian army’s advance to Transylvania was made in stages, and until the end of January 1919, Romanian soldiers reached the Apuseni Mountains. On March 21, 1919, the Hungarian Soviet Republic was... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jul 31, 2019 | Hungary, Romania
The Hungarian communists did not enjoy popular sympathy in early 1919, but this would change after their leaders were detained by the police, and the party secretary, Béla Kun, was beaten in custody. The inability of Budapest’s Berinkey government to gain the support... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jul 29, 2019 | Hungary, Romania
The victory of the Hungarian communist revolution led to the establishment of the first Bolshevik regime in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia. The de facto leader of the new regime was Béla Kun, the secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party and the... by Ciprian Stoleru | Jul 22, 2019 | Hungary
On March 23, 1919, an unexpected news raised serious concerns in Paris. The knowledge that a totally unknown Bolshevik took power in Budapest dismayed the Great Powers present at the Paris Peace Conference. Suddenly, Bolshevism had taken a giant step towards Western...