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The
De-Stalinization in Romania
was a process of removing
Stalinist
policies and
Stalin's cult of personality
between 1956 and 1965. Implemented by
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
, it included the marginalization of Stalinists such as
Ana Pauker
and a large-scale amnesty of thousands of
political prisoners
. A number of political and cultural figures from the 19th century fight for independence were rehabilitated and writers formerly considered "bourgeois decadent" (like
Tudor Arghezi
) were allowed to publish again.
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It marked the beginning of a period of
liberalization
in
Communist Romania
, which ended in 1971 with the
July Theses
returning the country to the Totalitarian side which was renamed Ceau?ism.
Changes in placenames
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Many placenames, companies and institutions had been named after Stalin and the "classics of Marxism", as well as Romanian Communist heroes. Most of these were reverted in the 1960s. This began in 1962, with the reverting everything that was named after Stalin:
Bra?ov
(which had been named
Ora?ul Stalin
), two raions in Bucharest, 23 national companies, 28 local companies, 26 agricultural cooperatives, 5 schools, 285 socio-cultural institutions (hospitals, clubs, stadiums, etc.) and 541 avenues, streets and parks.
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Some placenames named after Lenin were also changed, but many were also kept. The reason for the change was to have a better proportion between international and local names, part of the advancement of
National Communism in Romania
.
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Notes
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References
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- Marcela Salagean, "The Period of De-Stalinization in Romanian Culture, 1959-1965", in
East European Quarterly
, Vol. 42, No. 3, Fall 2008
- Dennis Deletant, Ceau?escu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989, M.E. Sharpe, London, 1995,
ISBN
1-56324-633-3
.