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Former capitals of Romania. Except during World War I (1916–1918) when Iași was the capital of Romania, Bucharest has been the capital of modern Romania since its inception in 1862. Other localities in this category were capitals of earlier Romanian states, such as Wallachia and Moldavia .
Throughout the world there are many cities that were once national capitals but no longer have that status because the country ceased to exist, the capital was moved, or the capital city was renamed. This is a list of such cities, sorted by country and then by date.
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In the period between the two world wars the Bucharest community grew in both numbers and importance. The Jewish population of the city, now the capital of greater Romania and attracting settlers from all parts of the country, increased from 44,000 in 1912 to 74,480 (12% of the total population) in 1930, and to 95,072 in 1940. About two thirds of t...
In 1941, 102,018 Jews lived in Bucharest, although possibly there were more, due to the influx of refugees from other parts of Romania. Many Jewish properties were "Romanized." Jewish professionals were not allowed to work, and Jewish pupils were excluded from public schools. On January 21, 1941, when the Iron Guard rose in rebellion against Antone...
After a short period of democratization (August 23, 1944–December 30, 1947), and the establishment of the Communist regime in 1947, all Jewish national, cultural, and welfare institutions in Bucharest were gradually closed down. The welfare institutions were nationalized and the schools absorbed in the general educational network. A state Yiddish s...
M.A. Halevy, Comunitatile Evreilor din Iasi si Buchuresti, 1 (1931); idem, in: Sinai (Bucharest), 2 (1929), xxix–xxxi; 3 (1931), xvii–xxxiv; 5 (1933), lviii–lxiv; idem, Monografia istorica a Templului Coral din Bucuresti (1935); idem, Templul Unirea-Sfanta din Bucuresti (1937); E. Schwarzfeld, in: Anuar pentru Israeliti, 9 (1886), 70–83; 19 (1898),...
Aug 23, 2018 · They are the former capitals of the Romanian provinces and can make for one-day or weekend trips to discover local leaders, architecture and legends. Some of them are outlined below. Câmpulung ...
2 days ago · The national capital is Bucharest. Romania was occupied by Soviet troops in 1944 and became a satellite of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) in 1948. The country was under communist rule from 1948 until 1989, when the regime of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu was overthrown.
The capital of Romania, Bucharest once considered itself the Paris of the East because of its Western-style architecture and stimulating social life.
The Romanian state was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.
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