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This was an important turning point in the history of Romania, as it marked the almost disappearance of the Boyar class, leaving the country to look towards capitalism and industrialization. 1864: The Parliament of Romania is formed. A tuition-free, compulsory public education for primary schools is introduced in Romania for the first time.
The Romanian expression România Mare (Great or Greater Romania) refers to the Romanian state in the interwar period and to the territory Romania covered at the time. At that time, Romania achieved its greatest territorial extent, almost 300,000 km 2 or 120,000 sq mi [ 266 ] ), including all of the historic Romanian lands.
At the end of the 8th century the establishment of the Khazar Khaganate north of the Caucasus Mountains created an obstacle in the path of nomadic people moving westward. [1] [2] In the following period, the local population of the Carpathian–Danubian area profited from the peaceful political climate and a unitary material culture, called "Dridu", that developed in the region.
By the end of 1920, the Romanian borders were settled. Romania gained 156,000 square kilometres (60,000 square miles) (making a total area of 296,000 km 2, 114,000 sq mi) and 8,500,000 inhabitants (with a total of 16,250,000). [27] The Romanian national ideal was fulfilled, thus appearing Greater Romania. [28]
An engraving depicting a group of Romani people in Bucharest, Romania, 1865. There is a sizable Romani minority in Romania, known as Ţigani in Romanian and, recently, as Rromi, of 621,573 people or 3.3% of the total population (2011 census), although the Council of Europe estimates the figure to be 1.85 million people or 8.32% of the ...
Ion Nistor, a prominent Romanian historian and one of the most vocal proponents of Greater Romanian nationalism, [33] [34] was made a rector of the University of Cernăuţi , the main university of the province. Enrollment of Ukrainians in the university fell from 239 out of 1671 in 1914 to 155 out of 3,247 in 1933, while Romanian enrollment in ...
Contacts between the Roman Empire – which developed into the largest empire in the history of Europe – [1] and the natives of the regions now forming Romania commenced in the 2nd century BC. [2] These regions were inhabited by Dacians , Bastarnae and other peoples [ 3 ] whose incursions posed a threat to the empire. [ 4 ]
Italy is the most common destination for Romanian emigrants, with over one million Romanians living there.. In 2006, the Romanian diaspora was estimated at 8 million people by then President of Romania, Traian Băsescu, most of them living in the former USSR, Western Europe (esp. Italy, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Austria), North America (Canada and the United States), South ...