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{{Infobox country|name=Romanian People's Republic<br />{{small|(1947&ndash;1965)}}<br />{{small|Republica Populară Romînă|paren=omit}}<hr>Socialist Republic of Romania<br />{{small|(1965&ndash;1989)}}<br />{{small|Republica Socialistă România|paren=omit}}|image_flag=Flag of Romania (1965–1989).png|life_span=1947&ndash;1989|motto=''Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!''|englishmotto=("Proletarians of all countries, unite!")|national_anthem=''Zdrobite Cătușe'' (1948&ndash;1953)<br />''Te slăvim, Românie'' (1953&ndash;1977)<br />''Trei Culori'' (1977&ndash;1989)|image_map=Map of the Socialist Republic of Romania.png|image_coat=Coat of arms of SR Romania.png|capital=Bucharest|official_languages=Romanian|mode_of_production=[[Socialism]]|government_type=Unitary [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] [[socialist republic]]|title_leader=General Secretary|year_leader1=1944-1954|leader1=[[Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej]]|year_leader2=1954-1955|leader2=[[Gheorghe Apostol]]|year_leader3=1955-1965|leader3=Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej|year_leader4=1965-1989|leader4=[[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]|title_representative=Head of State|year_representative1=1947-1952 (first)|representative1=[[Constantin Ion Parhon]]|year_representative2=1967-1989 (last)|representative2=Nicolae Ceaușescu|title_deputy=President of the Council of Ministers|year_deputy1=1947-1952 (first)|deputy1=[[Petru Groza]]|year_deputy2=1982-1989 (last)|deputy2=[[Constantin Dăscălescu]]|legislature=[[Grand National Assembly (Romania)|Grand National Assembly]] (Marea Adunare Națională)|established_event1=Proclamation of the Republic|era=[[Cold War]]|established_date1=30 December 1947|established_event2=First Constitution|established_date2=13 April 1948|established_event3=Second Constitution|established_date3=24 September 1952|established_event4=Third Constitution|established_date4=21 August 1965|established_event5=''De facto'' disestablished|established_date5=27 December 1989|established_event6=''De jure'' disestablished|established_date6=8 December 1991|area_km2=238,397|population_estimate=23,151,564|population_estimate_year=1989|population_density_km2=97.11 per|labour_force=10.69 million (1987)<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|labour_occupation=34% industry, 28% agriculture, 38% other<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|GDP_nominal=$151.3 billion (1989 US Dollars)<ref name="CIA-factbook-1989">CIA World Factbook (1989). ''[https://theodora.com/wfb1989/romania/romania_economy.html Romania – World Factbook (theodora.com)]''</ref>|GDP_nominal_per_capita=$6,570 (1989 US Dollars)<ref name="CIA-factbook-1989">CIA World Factbook (1989). ''[https://theodora.com/wfb1989/romania/romania_economy.html Romania – World Factbook (theodora.com)]''</ref>|GDP_nominal_year=1988|export=$11.5 billion<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|export_commodities=Machinery and equipment (34.7%), fuels, minerals and metals (24.7%), manufactured consumer goods (16.9%), agricultural materials and forestry products (11.9%), other (11.6%) (1986)<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|export_year=1988|export_partners=[[USSR]] (27%), Eastern Europe (23%), EC (15%), [[US]] (5%), [[China]] (4%) (1987)<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|import=$8.75 billion<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|import_commodities=Fuels, minerals, and metals (51.0%), machinery and equipment (26.7%), agricultural and forestry products (11.0%), manufactured consumer goods (4.2%) (1986)<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|import_year=1988|import_partners=Socialist states (60%), non-socialist states
{{Infobox country|name=Socialist Republic of Romania|native_name=Republica Socialistă România|image_flag=Flag of Romania (1965–1989).png|life_span=1947-1989|motto=Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă!|englishmotto=Workers of the World, Unite!|national_anthem=Trei culori (last adopted)|capital=[[Bucharest]]|official_languages=Romanian|mode_of_production=Socialism|government_type=Unitary Marxist-leninist socialist republic|leader_title1=First (1947-1952)|leader_name1=[[Constantin Ion Parhon]]|leader_title2=Last (1967-1989)|leader_name2=[[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]|legislature=[[Great National Assembly]]|area_km2=238,397|HDI=0.863 (1989)|currency=Romania Leu|calling_code=40}}
(40%) (1987)<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|external_debt=None (1989)<ref name="CIA-factbook-1990">CIA World Factbook (1990). ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Romania Romania – World Factbook (Wikisource)]''</ref>|HDI_year=1990 report|HDI=0.863<ref>[http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/reports/219/hdr_1990_en_complete_nostats.pdf Human Development Report 1990, p. 111]</ref>|currency=Romanian Leu|calling_code=+40|today=[[Romania]]}}
The '''Socialist Republic of Romania''' (Romanian: ''Republica Socialistă România'', '''RSR''') was a [[socialist state]] that existed from December 1947 to December 1989. The [[Marxist-Leninist]] government ruled until 1989, when the Romanian leader [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] was overthrown and the government replaced with one aligned with [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|Western capitalist]] interests.


== Names ==
The '''Socialist Republic of Romania''' (Romanian: Republica Socialistă România, '''RSR)''' was a [[Socialist state|Socialist State]] that existed from 1947 to 1989. Before 1965, the nation's official name was '''Romanian People's Republic''' (''Republica Populară Romînă'', '''RPR'''). The [[Marxist-Leninist]] regime ruled until 1989, when the Romanian leader, [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]], was couped and the government replaced with one aligned with [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|Western-Capitalist]] interests.
 
* '''Romanian People's Republic''' (''Republica Populară Română'', '''RPR''') (1947–1953; 1964–1965)
* '''Romanian People's Republic''' (''Republica Populară Romînă'', '''RPR''') (1953–1964)
* '''Socialist Republic of Romania''' (''Republica Socialistă România'', '''RSR''') (1965–1989)
 
== History ==
 
=== August 1944 coup d'état ===
On the night of the 13–14 June 1944, representatives of the [[Romanian Communist Party]] (PCR) presented their plan for the removal of [[Fascism|fascist]] leader [[Ion Antonescu]] from power to the representatives of the King.
 
The proposed plan would have King Michael order Antonescu to sign an armistice with the Allies and, if he refused, have him arrested on the spot.
 
The coup was carried out on 23 August 1944, following the plan proposed by the PCR. After an hour-long discussion with the King, Antonescu refused to sign the armistice, and was arrested by a colonel and four soldiers. Antonescu was executed two years later, on 1 June 1946.
 
On the day of Antonescu's arrest, the Romanian army switched sides and began fighting against the [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazis]] along with the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Patricia Gorky|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Romania: 30 years removed from socialism|date=2019-12-26|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/romania-30-years/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319072442/https://www.liberationnews.org/romania-30-years/|archive-date=2022-03-19|retrieved=2022-10-08}}</ref> Following this, a government formed by the National Democratic Front (FND; consisting of the [[Romanian Communist Party|Communist Party]], as well as the [[National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL), the [[National Peasants' Party]] (PNȚ) and the [[Romanian Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD)) would take power.<ref>{{Citation|author=Silviu Brucan|year=1993|title=The Wasted Generation: Memoirs of the Romanian Journey from Capitalism to Socialism and Back|page=20-21|publisher=Westview Press}}</ref>[[File:Ion Antonescu's Execution.jpg|thumb|Antonescu's execution at Jilava]][[File:Illustration issued by the PCR, calling the population to arms.jpg|thumb|"Everything for the front, everything for victory - The Patriotic Defence" An illustration issued by the PCR, calling the population to arms.]]
 
=== Socialist rule ===
 
==== Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ====
In 1946, Romania held its largest election ever, with 4.77 million people voting for the Communist-led Bloc of Democratic Parties (BPD), formerly the National Democratic Front.<ref>{{Citation|author=Nohlen, D & Stöver, P|year=2010|title=Elections in Europe: A data handbook|page=1603-1610|isbn=978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The new government forced King Michael to abdicate. In 1948, the PCR and PSD merged to form the Romanian Workers' Party (PMR), led by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. The country began an electrification plan and confiscated farmland, mansions, and castles from the [[nobility]]. Under socialism, industrial output increased by more than seven times and the life expectancy rose by 30 years. By 1980, the socialist government had built 4.6 million houses.
 
Romania joined the [[Warsaw Pact]] in 1955. With [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] support, it negotiated the removal of Soviet soldiers from Romania and was neutral during the [[Sino-Soviet Split]].
 
==== Nicolae Ceaușescu ====
Gheorghiu-Dej died in 1965 and Nicolae Ceaușescu succeeded him as General Secretary. Ceaușescu ran the country on a platform of Romanian [[nationalism]], wanting to make Romania a world power, and sought out Western financial aid from institutions such as the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] and [[The World Bank|World Bank]]. In the 1980s, Romania had to ration electricity and food due to IMF austerity measures.<ref name=":0" />
 
=== Coup d'état ===
In April 1989, Romania finished paying its debt to the IMF and banned taking any further loans from the West. On 21 December 1989, Ceaușescu announced he would raise wages and pensions.<ref name=":0" />
 
In December 1989, protestors attacked police and began a brief civil war that overthrew the socialist government of Romania. Hundreds of police and soldiers were killed as well as 142 protestors. The [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-backed [[Bourgeois media|Western media]] claimed that Romania killed over 60,000 peaceful protestors.<ref>{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=The Documented Facts about Eastern Europe and Communism: A Refutation of Popular Myths about the True Good Guys|page=74|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|city=Fucecchio, [[Italy]]|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref>
 
== Economy ==
 
=== Industry ===
The average annual increase in gross output during the years 1951–1974 was 13%. The group of industries producing means of production is developing at a faster pace. During the years of people's power in the field of heavy industry, such industries as machine tool building, tractor and automobile construction, large-tonnage shipbuilding, production of electric diesel locomotives, oil, energy, mining, chemical and other production and technological equipment, electronics industry, as well as petrochemicals, etc. were created.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title-url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/|chapter=Romania|chapter-url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article098117.html}}</ref>
 
The construction materials industry developed across the board. The production of consumer goods also increased significantly, satisfying the ever-increasing demand of the population. Industrial development increased year after year. Modern technology was introduced into all sectors of the economy. An important trend in industrial development was the increasing degree of development and use of the country's natural resources. As a result, serious structural changes occurred in industry:<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Industries by sector (1974)
!Industry
!Gross production (%)
!Workforce (%)
|-
|Electricity generation
|2.7
|1.5
|-
|Fuel production
|3.9
|3.8
|-
|Oil production
|2.3
|1.4
|-
|Ferrous metallurgy
|7.7
|3.3
|-
|Non-ferrous metallurgy
|2.7
|2.7
|-
|Mechanical engineering
|30.5
|31.0
|-
|Chemicals
|11.2
|6.7
|-
|Construction materials
|3.1
|4.5
|-
|Forestry and woodworking
|5.0
|11.7
|-
|Pulp and paper
|1.2
|1.3
|-
|Textiles
|7.3
|12.0
|-
|Sewing
|5.2
|6.4
|-
|Leather and footwear
|1.9
|4.0
|-
|Foodstuffs
|14.2
|8.0
|-
|Other
|1.1
|1.7
|-
! colspan="3" |'''Source:''' ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia - Romania''<ref name=":1" />
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Production of main industrial products (1938­–1974)
!Industrial Product
!1938
!1950
!1960
!1974
|-
|Electricity (billions of kWh)
|1.1
|2.1
|7.7
|49.1
|-
|Coal (millions of tons)
|2.8
|3.9
|8.2
|29.2
|-
|Lignite (millions of tons)
|0.3
|0.8
|3.1
|20.0
|-
|Oil (millions of tons)
|6.6
|5.0
|11.5
|14.5
|-
|Natural Gas (billions of m<sup>3</sup>)
|2.0
|3.4
|10.3
|30.1
|-
|Steel (millions of tons)
|0.3
|0.6
|1.8
|8.8
|-
|Aluminium (thousands of tons)
|–
|–
|–
|187
|-
|Sulfuric Acid (thousands of tons)
|44
|52
|226
|1358
|-
|Fertilizers (thousands of tons)
|–
|0.6
|71
|1410
|-
|Plastics and resins (thousands of tons)
|–
|0.4
|12.4
|283
|-
|Chemical fibers (thousands of tons)
|0.9
|2.3
|4.1
|159
(including yarn)
|-
|Synthetic fibers (thousands of tons)
|–
|–
|0.9
|96
|-
|Trucks (thousands of units)
|–
|–
|8.4
|31.5
|-
|Passenger cars (thousands of units)
|–
|–
|1.2
|67.5
|-
|Tractors (thousands of units)
|–
|3.5
|17.1
|44.6
|-
|Metalworking machines (thousands of units)
|–
|–
|4.4
|24.8
|-
|Lumber (millions of m<sup>3</sup>)
|2.2
|3.6
|3.9
|4.8
|-
|Cement (millions of tons)
|0.5
|1.0
|3.1
|11.2
|-
|Cotton fabrics (millions of m<sup>2</sup>)
|104
|148
|248
|612
|-
|Sugar (thousands of tons)
|95
|87
|391
|516
|-
|Vegetable oils (thousands of tons)
|18
|36
|118
|332
|-
|Canned fruits and vegetables (thousands of tons)
|2.4
|33
|75
|504
|-
! colspan="5" |'''Source:''' ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia - Romania''<ref name=":1" />
|}
 
=== Agriculture ===
 
==== Land use and crops ====
In 1974, the entire socialist sector accounted for 95.3% of arable land, 92.8% of pastures, 57% of hayfields, 96.7% of vineyards, 78.9% of orchards. In the socialist sector of state agriculture, enterprises owned 4.5 million hectares of agricultural land, including 2.1 million hectares for 370 state farms (with 245,000 employees); There were 4420 agricultural production cooperatives (encompassing 3.4 million families) which accounted for 9 million hectares'','' consisting of over 8 million hectares of socialized land and about 1 million hectares of personal plots of agricultural members.<ref name=":1" />
 
There were specialized livestock farms. Agriculture is served by 743 stations for agricultural mechanization (with 119,000 employees); 116,800 tractors are working; 28,000 grain harvesters, 3,500 corn harvesters, 12,200 self-propelled combine harvesters (1974). The use of mineral fertilizers increased from 74,500 tons in 1960 to 814,000 tons in 1974.<ref name=":1" />
 
Land allocated for agriculture covered 14.9 million hectares,  or 62.9% of the country's territory. Cultivated lands: 9.7 million hectares of arable land and 770,000 hectares of perennial plantings - vineyards and orchards. There were 1.4 million hectares of natural meadows, 3 million hectares of pastures. <ref name=":1" />
 
The gross agricultural output was dominated by crop production, the share of which gradually decreased (59% in 1973 versus 65% in 1960), and the role of livestock farming increased. In the structure of crops (in 1973) grains and legumes accounted for 62.1%, fodder - 18.4%, technical - 12.7%, potatoes - 3.0%, open ground vegetables - 2.5%. The main grain crops were corn and wheat, industrial crops were sunflower and sugar beets.<ref name=":1" />
Oats were also sown, as well as rice. On the Transylvanian Plateau, fibrous plants were common - hemp, fiber flax; to the South and North-East: tobacco, curly flax, essential oils. Between 1938 and 1974, the composition of fruit trees changed: the share of plums in the harvest increased sharply (from 20% to 50%), the share of apples (from 41% to 23%) and other fruits decreased.  Over three-fifths of fruit-yielding farms, and one third of vineyards were owned by homestead and individual farms.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Cultivated area and harvests (1938–1974)
! rowspan="2" |Crop
! colspan="4" |Area (thousands of hectares)
! colspan="4" |Harvest (thousands of tons)
|-
!1938
!1960
!1965
!1974
!1938
!1960
!1965
!1974
|-
|Wheat and rye
|3024
|2935
|3086
|2429
|3961
|3553
|6062
|5049
|-
|Corn
|3878
|3572
|3306
|2944
|4092
|5531
|5877
|7440
|-
|Barley
|692
|266
|233
|403
|502
|405
|485
|917
|-
|Sugar beets (factory)
|33
|200
|190
|219
|485
|3127
|3013
|4947
|-
|Sunflower
|67
|480
|462
|509
|58
|522
|564
|681
|-
|Potato
|135
|292
|298
|295
|1331
|3009
|2195
|4119
|-
|Vegetables (open ground)
|78
|191
|181
|230
|451
|1831
|1655
|2955
|-
|Tobacco
|11
|22
|38
|53
|9
|16
|35
|39
|-
|Flax
|14
|23.5
|23
|51
|13
|42
|53
|101
|-
! colspan="9" |'''Source:''' ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia - Romania''<ref name=":1" />
|}
 
==== Animal husbandry ====
For traditional industries - sheep breeding and beef cattle breeding - the summer mountain pastures of the Carpathian Mountains serve as the food supply.  Livestock productivity (1974): average milk yield per 1 forage cow - 1606 litres, wool clipped from 1 sheep - 2.2 kg''.''<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Livestock and poultry (in millions)
!Animal
!1938
!1960
!1975
|-
|Cattle
|3.7
|4.5
|6.0
|-
|Buffalo
|1.8
|2.2
|3.0
|-
|Pigs
|2.8
|4.3
|8.6
|-
|Horses
|1.6
|1.0
|0.6
|-
|Sheep and goats
|10.5
|11.9
|14.4
|-
|Poultry
|27.3
|38.0
|67.7
|-
! colspan="4" |'''Source:''' ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia - Romania''<ref name=":1" />
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Livestock and poultry products (thousands of tons)
!Animal
!1938
!1960
!1975
|-
|Meat
|760
|943
|1977
|-
|Milk
|2158
|3242
|4348
|-
|Wool
|15.1
|21.9
|31.0
|-
|Oil
|–
|12.6
|30.3
|-
|Eggs
(in millions)
|1354
|2355
|4871
|-
! colspan="4" |'''Source:''' ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia - Romania''<ref name=":1" />
|}
 
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