Romania:Stamps Released on National Culture Day
The stamps released on “150 years since the first celebration of Romanians from everywhere”, an event which took place at the Putna Monastery, in 1871. 150 years ago, Bukovina was a part of Austro-Hungary, being annexed by it in 1775. Romanian population in Bukovina was struggling to preserve its ethnic identity and cultivated the ideal of unification of all Romanian territories, thus aligning with the global trend of affirming the right of the peoples to self-determination and formation of nation states, a trend that gained momentum in the XIXth century. On the occasion of the 400th an...
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