by admin | Jan 12, 2019 | Hungary, Romania
The proclamation of the Republic of Councils in Hungary on March 21, 1919, and the enthusiasm it had shown towards Lenin’s new order worried the Allied Powers. In a Europe suffering after four years of devastating conflict, Bolshevism was regarded as a real threat for... by admin | Jan 4, 2019 | Hungary, Romania
In the afternoon of November 23, 1918, on the Liberty Plain of Blaj, a flying machine piloted by a forgotten hero, a watchmaker unknown to anyone, brought a message of peace, a sackful of manifests and a sealed bag, which contained, among other documents, the letter... by admin | Dec 29, 2018 | Hungary, New or Changed Borders, Romania
Romanian-Hungarian relations reached their lowest point in 1919 as the end of the First World War escalated the long running tensions between the two nations. The establishment of the communist regime in Russia and Bela Kun’s subsequent seizure of power in Hungary,... by Ciprian Stoleru | Dec 8, 2018 | Hungary, Romania
With the dismemberment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Romanian soldiers in Transylvania who were mobilized in the imperial army briefly kept the peace in the major cities of the Empire: Vienna, Prague, Bratislava and Budapest. Before the First World War 2.8 million... by Ciprian Stoleru | Dec 6, 2018 | Hungary, Romania, World War I in 1918
While the dismemberment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was underway, on November 15, 1918 the negotiations between the Romanians in Transylvania and a Hungarian delegation led by Oszkar Jaszi failed. The Romanians in Transylvania were determined to forge their own... 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...