by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jun 12, 2019 | Romania, Russian Empire
In the first two months of 1918, Romania and Bessarabia were subjected to great external pressures. Following the resignation of Prime Minister Ion I.C. Brătianu, General Alexandru Averescu was entrusted by King Ferdinand with the formation of a new Government on... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jun 11, 2019 | Romania, Russian Empire
Bessarabia was the first province with a majority Romanian population to join with the Old Kingdom at the end of the First World War after it declared its independence from Bolshevik Russia and formed a separate state under the name of the Moldavian Democratic... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jun 10, 2019 | Romania, Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
Romania’s decision to enter the First World War on the side of the Entente in the summer of 1916 seemed at first glance like an abandonment not only of Bessarabia, the old territory of the Moldavian voivodeship occupied by the Russian Empire in 1812, but also of the... by admin | Jun 6, 2019 | Russian Empire
Looking back at the First World War there are many events and that sparked controversy to this day and mysteries to be cleared up. One of this is what happened to the royal treasure of the tsars? The story of the Tsars gold has transcended to the status of legend... by Ciprian Stoleru | May 23, 2019 | Romania, Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
After the great battles of Mărăști, Mărășești and Oituz in the summer of 1917 on the Romanian Front, the situation would calm down, but only for a short while. The big problem was the social and political upheavals that troubled Russia more and more. The Russian army... by Ciprian Stoleru | May 17, 2019 | Romania, Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
The hopes of Romania, but also of the Entente, to maintain the Eastern Front through the winter of 1917-1918 were dashed by the armistice of Brest-Litovsk, signed between Bolshevik Russia and the Central Powers on November 26/December 7, 1917. The armistice would seal...