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The Danube-Black Sea Canal
On May 26, 1984, the Danube-Black Sea Canal is inaugurated, one of the prides of the communist era.
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The first free elections since 1937
May 20, 1990 - Five months after the 1989 Revolution, Romania holds its first free and democratic elections since World War II.
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Mulberry leaves and silkworms
Inspired by China's success, the Communists introduced a new "voluntary" contribution to pioneer organizations: raising silkworms.
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Steaua Bucureşti football team wins the European Champions Cup
May 7, 1986 was a day dedicated to the preparation of the 65th anniversary of the Romanian Communist Party, founded on May 8, 1921.
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Siphon
Since the interwar period, but especially during the communist era, Romanians always had a siphon bottle at the table.
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The first postage stamps with the face of Nicolae Ceausescu appeared in North Korea
During the communist regime, there was a custom that the stamps issued in Romania did not include portraits of living people.
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From the west...
That day, through the open garage door, I noticed half of the clean white Oltcit and next to it, as if out of place, a large pile of scrap paper.
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The light has been taken away!
I don’t have communist nostalgia. I also remember well what the neighborhoods looked like when you came home in the evening, while the electricity was off...
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The dolls, the fountain and the föhn
I remember that I received some nice dolls with ruffles, with kerchiefs and some gorgeous dresses. One was blonde, the other one brunette. One had long hair, the other one short hair.
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The taste of freedom in a country devoid of freedom
My story of today, which I put in the museum next to the memory of my grandfather near a tube radio, is the story of all those who listened to Radio Free Europe under communism [...]
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With the flashlight and portable transistor on the trip!
A story about high school years, romance and investigation novels..
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We didn’t go to the store, we went to stand in line...
In my opinion, the line is a symbol of the ’80s. My parents told me that in the ’70s they found quite a lot of products at the market and in the restaurants.
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The window with porcelain figurines
Present in the homes of all those whom I met before '89 and long after, the Porcelain Figurines Window was at its best, a trophy of wellbeing or of joy of being added the latest [...]
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My grandfather was a communist until he was not
An interesting story about how communism shattered many dreams. The country life, the work of the land, living in a household together with the other brothers, each one with their family... all this paled in [...]
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The pickup and the desire to travel the world ...
I was born in the early ‘80s and my childhood years were the last years of communism for Romania.
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