Great Romania ( România Mare ) - the idea of maximally expanding the borders of Romania . It was realized during the existence of the Kingdom of Romania [1] , when, after the unification of Romania and the proclamation of its independence in the course of armed conflicts and wars, the borders of the state were maximally expanded.
History
During the Second Balkan War , Southern Dobrudja became part of Romania, then, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, the Moldovan Democratic Republic was proclaimed in Bessarabia , which united with Romania. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary , during the Czechoslovak-Hungarian war, Transylvania and Bukovina also teamed up with it. The period between 1918 and 1940 was the time of the greatest expansion of state borders. After the Bessarabian-Bukovinian campaign of the Red Army and the territorial concessions to Hungary and Bulgaria, the territory of Romania significantly decreased. This entailed a change of regime to pro-German.
Apogee
With the beginning of World War II, Romania began to expand again. Hitler allowed Romania to annex Bessarabia and Transnistria, where Transnistria was formed. In the nationalist Romanian literature published at that time, it was written that the Russified Romanians live behind the Dniester , and the whole territory from Prut to the Southern Bug is historically closely connected with Romania and should belong to it [1] [2] . Already during the German offensive deep into the Soviet Union , the Romanian press wrote about the possible transfer of territories to the Dnieper to Romania. The newspaper Kurentul published material in which it was written about the need to expand the territory of the state to the Ural Mountains and thus ensure the creation of the “Romanian empire to the gates of Asia ” [1] .
Defeat
However, the idea was not implemented in connection with the counterattack of the Soviet troops. After the defeat of Romania in the Second World War , the separation from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina from Romania was officially fixed, while Northern Transylvania rejected from Hungary was returned to Romania. Currently, after the collapse of the USSR and the fall of the Ceausescu regime in Romania, attempts to implement the idea of Greater Romania within the boundaries of 1918-1940. not officially undertaken, but the idea of creating a united state of Romania and Moldova (within its internationally recognized borders) enjoys a certain popularity.
See also
- Movement for the unification of Romania and Moldova
- Great Romania (party)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Nistor I. Aspectele geopolitice si culturale din Transnistria. - Anal. Acad. Rom. — Ser. III., 1942.
- ↑ Nistor I. Romanii Transnistreni. - Cernauti, 1925.