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The Soviet occupation of Romania refers [1] to the period from 1944 to August 1958, during which the Soviet Union maintained a significant military presence in Romania. The fate of the territories held by Romania after 1918 that were incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940 is treated separately in the article on Soviet occupation of ...
This was finally achieved on 25 July 1958, when Romania announced that all Soviet troops had left its territory, [12] arguably the biggest development in the country between 1956 and Dej's death in 1965. Under the 1947 peace treaty, Soviet forces garrisoned in Romania were meant to help defend the supply lines to Soviet bases in Austria.
However, during the 1950s, Romania's communist government began to assert more independence, leading to, for example, the withdrawal of all Soviet troops from Romania by 1958. [8] Overall, from the 1950s to the 1970s, the country exhibited high rates of economic growth and significant improvements in infant mortality, life expectancy, literacy ...
However, Romania never managed to improve its relations with Hungary and the Soviet Union. The former insisted on the return of Transylvania, while the latter never accepted the loss of Bessarabia. [29] Romanian leaders trusted the assumed hostility between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that maintained a balance of power.
Romania independence is recognised by the Central Powers on July 13. Following the Treaty of Berlin, Romania now include territories of Northern Dobruja, the Danube Delta, and Insula Șerpilor. In return the southern counties of Bassarabia are returned to Russian Empire. 1880: National Bank of Romania is established in April. The bank's first ...
The coup also marked the last instance when Romania's actions significantly influenced the wider course of the war. [6] Romanian and Soviet soldiers shaking hands in Bucharest after the coup, 30 August 1944. The coup sped the Red Army's advance into Romania. [7] Romanian historians claimed that the coup shortened the war by as much as "six months."
Soviet occupation of Romania; Paris Peace Treaties, 1947; Romania lost again Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, to USSR, back to the border of 1940; Second Vienna Award was annulled (Romania re-gained control of Northern Transylvania, lost to Hungary in 1940) Bulgaria kept control of Southern Dobruja, as of 1940; Communist regime installed in ...
Romania was proclaimed a people's republic [294] [295] and remained under military and economic control of the Soviet Union until the late 1950s. During this period, Romania's resources were drained by the "SovRom" agreements; mixed Soviet-Romanian companies were established to mask the Soviet Union's looting of Romania. [296] [297] [298]