The story of one the longest-standing dwelling in Romania.
Vlad the Impaler, also known as Dracula, was ruler of Wallachia for the first time in 1448.
The myth of the vampire-count Dracula has made Romania known to the West.
The communist party seized power in Romania on March 6th, 1945, with the help of the Soviet Union and immediately started the transformation of society based on the Soviet model.
After 1948, the Romanian communist state seized all enterprises and became the sole owner of Romanian economy
The consolidation of the modern Romanian state began in 1866. On April 1st the same year, the future Romanian Academy was established.
During communist times, shortages were the norm, and some historians even speak of a “culture of shortages.
War propaganda was one of the most efficient ways of boosting the morale of the army and the civilian population. It also was a means to justify the...
The Ottoman Empire, in full offensive in Central Europe in the second half of the 17th century, was a conduit for Greek and Middle Eastern culture.
The helicopter is considered to be the invention of one of the worlds most brilliant minds, the Florentine artist of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci.
The 1972 the Helsinki Conference was the first conference to cover Europe as a whole after about 20 years of division.
Sovietization was a process by which state institutions and the whole of society were transformed by Soviet models. Even though it was a gradual process, it was at times rather speedy.
Romania used to manufacture four automobile brands, of which only Dacia has continued the tradition.
One of the first Romanian photojournalists was Iosif Berman, considered a groundbreaking artist in photography.
In March 1945, the Petru Groza government, controlled by the Communist Party was installed to power, under Soviet pressure. Before 1989, the communist regime considered this its founding moment. I
