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- Title
REDENUMIREA LOCALITĂȚILOR, EXPRESIE A STALINISMULUI DIN ROMANIA. STUDIU DE CAZ: BRAŞOV/ORAŞUL STALIN (1950-1960).
- Authors
ROPA, Lucian
- Abstract
The change of the name of Braşov to Stalin City in 1950 was a consequence of the Stalinisation of Romania. However, this was not a particular case among the communist countries of Eastern Europe. In all the states that had been communized after the Second World War at least one city was named after Stalin. Braşov was an important urban center, multiethnic with a well-developed industry and thousands of workers. Therefore, the Romanian Communist Leadership had chosen it to be named Stalin city. Through the propaganda action carried out, the Romanian communists arranged things in such manner that in the eyes of the people it looked like the inhabitants of Braşov had actually the initiative of rebaptizing the city. The communist publications „Scânteia“ and „Drum Nou“ had heavily emphasized the inhabitants' enthusiasm towards this measure. In reality, this had not been the case; however, the citizens had to accept the party leadership's decision. Therefore, it can easily be noticed that the granting of Stalin's name to the city of Braşov was a political decision taken by the Romanian communist leaders in the early 1950s in the context of the Stalinist period when Romania was completely obedient to the Soviet Union. In 1960 the Romanian communist leadership decided to return Stalin city to its initial name: Brasov as a consequence of Romania's departure from USSR and the transition to the national communism.
- Subjects
BRASOV (Romania); ROMANIA; SOVIET Union; COMMUNIST countries; WORLD War II; POLITICAL party leadership; INNER cities; STALIN, Joseph, 1879-1953; COMMUNISTS
- Publication
Annals of Oradea University. Fasciola History-Archaeology / Analele Universitatii din Oradea. Fascicola Istorie-Arheologie, 2023, Vol 33, p141
- ISSN
1453-3766
- Publication type
Article