The founding of Moldavia (Romanian: Descălecatul Moldovei) began with the arrival of a Vlach (Romanian) voivode (military leader), Dragoș, soon followed by his people from Maramureș, then a voivodeship, to the region of the Moldova River.Dragoș established a polity there as a vassal to the Kingdom of Hungary in the 1350s. The independence of the Principality of Moldavia was …

Dec 3, 2022 · Romania, country of southeastern Europe. 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. Free …

Gheorgheni (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡe̯orˈɡenʲ]; Hungarian: Gyergyószentmiklós Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟɛrɟoːsɛntmikloːʃ] ()) is a municipality in Harghita County, Romania.It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.The city administers four villages: Covacipeter / Kovácspéter; Lacu Roșu / Gyilkostó

Serbia has been traditionally a Christian country since the Christianization of Serbs by Clement of Ohrid and Saint Naum in the 9th century. The dominant confession is Eastern Orthodoxy of the Serbian Orthodox Church.. During the Ottoman rule of the Balkans, Sunni Islam established itself in the territories of Serbia, mainly in southern regions of Raška (the dominant religion in Raška …

Orthodox Church may refer to: . Eastern Orthodox Church; Oriental Orthodox Churches; Orthodox Presbyterian Church; Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand; State church of the Roman Empire

Christianity is the largest religion in Venezuela, with Roman Catholicism having the most adherents.. The influence of the Catholic Church was introduced in its colonization by Spain.According to a 2011 poll (GIS XXI), 88 percent of the population is Christian, primarily Roman Catholic (71%), and the remaining 17 percent Protestant, primarily Evangelicals (in …

Turkic may refer to: . anything related to the country of Turkey; Turkic languages, a language family of at least thirty-five documented languages . Turkic alphabets (disambiguation) Turkish language, the most widely spoken Turkic language; Turkic peoples, a collection of ethno-linguistic groups . Turkic migration, the expansion of the Turkic tribes and Turkic languages, …

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War.The operation, code-named after Frederick Barbarossa ("red beard"), a 12th-century Holy Roman …

The Aromanians (Aromanian: Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and central Greece and North Macedonia, and can currently be found in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, south …

The Romanians also produced five prototypes of an indigenous artillery tractor. Cold War. In the postwar era, the early years of the Cold War, the Soviet Army and NATO further developed the equipment and doctrine for mechanized infantry. With the exception of airborne formations, the Red Army mechanized all its infantry formations.

The Latins were an ancient Italic people of the Latium region in central Italy (Latium Vetus, "Old Latium"), in the 1st millennium BC.Although they lived in independent city-states, they spoke a common language (), held common religious beliefs, and shared a sense of kinship, expressed in the myth that all Latins descend from Latinus.Latinus was worshiped on Mons Albanus (Monte …

Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration.It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies, and seek reform (Eurorealism, Eurocritical, or soft Euroscepticism), to those who oppose EU membership and see the EU as unreformable (anti …

The Romanian identity card (Romanian: Carte de identitate) is an official identity document issued to every Romanian citizen residing in Romania.It is compulsory to obtain the identity card from 14 years of age. Although Romanian citizens residing abroad are exempt from obtaining the identity card, if they intend to establish a temporary residence in Romania, they may then apply …

The Romanians modified 34 captured T-60s into TACAM T-60 tank destroyers in 1943. They were armed with captured Soviet F-22 guns housed in a lightly armoured superstructure similar to German Marder II configurations. The first two prototypes of the Mareșal tank destroyer were based on the T-60 chassis. Later prototypes and the serial ...