Those mentioned below had a very important role in the history of communism in Romania. However, they have something else in common. Besides everybody getting goosebumps from fear every time their name was mentioned during their whole existence.
First, Lenin. "Lenin's father, Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov (1831–1886), was the fourth child of impoverished tailor Nikolai Vassilievich Ulyanov – born a serf of either Kalmyk or Tatar descent – and a far younger Kalmyk named Anna Alexeevna Smirnova, who lived in Astrakhan." Barely any Russian, if any.
Mother, at least half German.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Alexandrovna_Ulyanova
Petru Groza (sounds a bit like Groschopf, doesn't it?)
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petru_Groza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petru_Groza
Maurer, half Alsatian
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Gheorghe_Maurer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Gheorghe_Maurer
Bodnăraş, half German.
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Bodn%C4%83ra%C8%99
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Bodn%C4%83ra%C8%99
Maurer and Bodnăraş did a lot of things against Romanians under the cover of communism, but i want to mention here the crucial role they both played in the naming of Ceauşescu as the conducător of Romania, în 1965. Ceauşescu himself, by name is of Turkish descent. Ceauş (çavuş) în Turkish means sergeant.
Dej, raised in Moineşti by his uncle. His uncle or aunt probably from there.
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Gheorghiu-Dej
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Gheorghiu-Dej
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I tried before to say it less directly, in different posts, but i'm going to say it now. With the chaos created by switching sides of the Romanian army and the entering of the Soviet troops in Romania the balance of power was upset. Probably some foresaw this unique opportunity and were prepared for this more than others and took advantage of the hurry and negligence in which the weary Soviets treated Romania in those days and entering in their service, undercover. I suspect the massive elite cleansing that took place was done by those who were expecting this opportunity and ready for it, opening the gate to take over, even if totally covered for a long period of time of the long term destiny of that country.
Many try to forget the fear we all lived in during Ceauşescu's dictatorship and remember "the good things". I don't think "he had done" anything different from what was done in other socialist countries. In fact, it was worse. It was good, alright compared to what we have today. It couldn't have been much worse than the rest of the Soviet block because of the comparisons. No TV except for seeing him, no color TVs, rationalizing of foods, no luxury items like coffee or butter, etc. Fear and boredom. Same monotonous life every day. Total disconnection from outside world and especially from scientific progress.
Continued under the present day government. A large amount of money was passed to the current government and "business elite" (in fact the members of the old repression system) under the form of fixed assets, like commercial fleet and many raw material processing facilities. It was part of the plan. They used it to try and destroy Romania.
As a result, millions have emigrated, millions more under poverty, illiteracy and ignorance. Pushing that nation back to medieval times.
About the Romanian political scene these days, derived directly from the above very brief description, it is too refined for the perception of the average spectator. The more educated ones are feeling something is wrong, but from time to time they are brainwashed too, targeted directly, as category, with more subtle means. All imported from the most advanced countries in the world, especially Europe.
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