ROMANIA'S DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1921 (According to the Reports of the Austrian Diplomatic Mission in Bucharest)

Keywords: Austria, Romania, Bessarabia, Bukovina, Soviet Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Bolshevism, envoy, legation, Wilhelm Stork, Alois Vollgruber

Abstract

This article finds out the main internal and international political events and processes in the Kingdom of Romania in the first half of 1921 covered at the reports of the envoy, later the Ambassador, of the Republic of Austria Wilhelm Stork, much of which is introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. In writing the article, the authors used general scientific and special methods, including archival heuristics. According to the results of the study, it was stated that in the first half of 1921 the internal political situation in Romania looked tense, but controlled. At that time were taken measures to prevent events of internal strife, as was the case with the newly formed Communist Party, being controlled externally, fact, which drew the attention of diplomats.

The Government, comprehending the inevitability of changes, carried out agrarian reform and streamlined church relations, while pursuing a consistent policy of Romanianization of the territories that were included in the kingdom after the First World War. At the same time, everything was done to get along with the neighbors, protecting themselves from misunderstandings with them and from the threat of being left alone in the case of a Bolshevik invasion. It has succeeded in either concluding relevant agreements, signing protocol of intentions or making significant progress during the negotiations.

An example of such success was the Polish-Romanian agreement on a defense alliance and joint defense against the enemy from the east. The actions aimed at creating a defense alliance for protection against Hungary, in which other interested states were involved, seemed more consistent. One of the ways to consolidate the actions of diplomats was the conclusion in 1921 of marriages between members of the Romanian and Greek dynasties. This practice will continue with the marriage between a representative of the Romanian and a representative of the Serbian dynasty later more.

The only thing that failed was to reach an agreement with Soviet Russia, respectively in two main tasks - to achieve recognition by the Bolsheviks of the inclusion of Bessarabia in Romania and the return of Romanian gold and foreign exchange reserves, the waste of which the Bolsheviks denied

 

Zhaloba, I. & Ihor Piddubnyi, I. (2021). Romania's Domestic and International Political Situation in the First Half of 1921 (According to the Reports of the Austrian Diplomatic Mission in Bucharest). Mìžnarodnì zv’âzki Ukraïni: naukovì pošuki ì znahìdki – The International relations of Ukraine: scientific searches and findings, 30, 262-283 [in Ukrainian].

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Published
2021-11-01
How to Cite
Zhaloba, I., & Piddubnyi, I. (2021). ROMANIA’S DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1921 (According to the Reports of the Austrian Diplomatic Mission in Bucharest). International Relations of Ukraine: Scientific Searches and Findings, (30). https://doi.org/10.15407/mzu2021.30.262