Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly continental climate, and an area of 238,397 km2 (92,046 sq mi) with a population of 19 million people (2023). Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Cluj-Napoca, Iași, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați.
Some of the key events about Romania
- 1241Mongol invasion devastated large parts of the country
- 1526Ottoman Empire conquered and occupied much of Romania
- 1784Peasant revolt in Transylvania was violently suppressed
- 1859The first union of the Romanian Principalities occurred, forming the basis of modern Romania
- 1877Romania gained independence from the Ottoman Empire following the Russo-Turkish War
- 1918The Great Union of Romania was achieved, uniting Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom
- 1940Romania ceded territory to the Soviet Union, Hungary, and Bulgaria under foreign pressure
- 1941Pogrom in Iași resulted in the deaths of thousands of Jews
- 1944Soviet occupation of Romania began
- 1947Communist regime was forcibly installed, abolishing the monarchy
- 1952Severe economic crisis and famine struck the country
- 1955Romania joined the United Nations, gaining international recognition
- 1968Romania refused to participate in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, asserting its independence from Soviet control
- 1977Powerful earthquake in Bucharest killed over 1,500 people
- 1989The Romanian Revolution led to the fall of the communist regime and the transition to democracy
- 1989Violent revolution overthrew the communist regime, resulting in over 1,000 deaths
- 2004Romania joined NATO, enhancing its security and international alliances
- 2007Romania became a member of the European Union, integrating into the European community
- 2009The Roșia Montană mining landscape was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
- 2019The city of Timișoara was designated as the European Capital of Culture for 2023
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