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Events from the year 1951 in Romania. The year saw the Bărăgan deportations.

Incumbents

Events

30 March – The Securitate is reorganised under the name Direcția Generală a Securității Statului (DGSS).^[4]
18 June – The Bărăgan deportations, during which 44,000 residents from Caraș-Severin, Mehedinți, and Timiș counties are deported. Of those, 2,000 die.^[5]
20 October – The Frederic and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Art Museum is opened as a public gallery.^[6]
15 December – The first Five-Year Plan (1951–1955) is adopted by the Great National Assembly;^[7] the main objective of the plan is the construction of the Danube–Black Sea Canal.^[8]

Popular culture

In Our Village (În sat la noi), directed by Jean Georgescu and Victor Iliu.^[9]
Life Triumphs (Viața învinge), directed by Dinu Negreanu.^[10]

Births

14 January – Fița Rafira, middle-distance runner, medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[11]
22 July – Dan Ilie Ciobotea, the future Patriarch Daniel of Romania.^[12]
1 September – Nicu Ceaușescu, physicist and communist politician (died 1996).
4 November – Traian Băsescu, politician and former President of Romania.^[13]

Deaths

14 January – Tancred Constantinescu, engineer and politician, died at Sighet Prison (born 1878).^[14]
15 March – Gheorghe Tașcă, economist, lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician; a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, he died at Sighet Prison (born 1875).^[15]
19 April – Ion Manolescu-Strunga, politician, died at Sighet Prison (born 1889).^[16]
22 May – Istrate Micescu, lawyer, died in Aiud Prison (born 1881).^[17]
18 July – Toma Arnăuțoiu, officer who led a group of anti-communist resistance fighters from 1949 to 1958, executed at Jilava Prison (born 1921).^[18]
10 December – Anton Durcovici, bishop of Iași in the Roman Catholic Church and martyr, he died at Sighet Prison and was beatified on 17 May 2014 (born 1888).^[19]

References

^ Cioroianu, Adrian (2005). Pe umerii lui Marx. O introducere în istoria comunismului românesc [On the Shoulders of Marx. An Introduction into the History of Romanian Communism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Curtea Veche. p. 280. ISBN 978-973-669-390-8.
^ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
^ Bell, Imogen (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe. London: Europa. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.
^ Deletant, Dennis (1999). Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965. London: C. Hurst. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-85065-386-8.
^ Stan, Lavinia (2014). Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania: The Politics of Memory. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-10702-053-5.
^ Ion, Narcis Dorin (2003). Bucureşti: în căutarea Micului Paris [Bucharest: In Search of Little Paris] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Tritonic. p. 85. ISBN 978-9-73849-750-4.
^ "Buletin de știri 6 noiembrie 1989" (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. November 6, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
^ Țimonea, Dorin. "Planurile cincinale din România comunistă – Canalul, primul mare eșec. Cum era planificată economia de "mințile luminate" ale partidului unic". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.
^ Virginás, Andrea (2021). Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-79361-344-8.
^ Căliman, Călin (2017). Istoria Filmului Românesc [A History of Romanian Film] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Contemporanul. p. 178. ISBN 978-6-06884-306-3.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fița Lovin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ Leuștean, Lucian N. (2017). Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. London: Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-31781-866-3.
^ Eugen Tomiuc (13 December 2004). "Romania: Basescu Wins Presidential Vote, Vows To Fight Corruption". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mațina de scris, p. 207, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, retrieved 20 April 2020
^ Popescu, Sorin; Prelipceanu, Tudor (2016), "Gheorghe Tașcă – economist și jurist de seamă, victimă a represiunii comuniste", Memoria, revista gândirii arestate (in Romanian), 94 (1): 78–86
^ Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mașina de scris, pp. 63–64, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, retrieved 1 September 2022
^ Neagoe, Claudiu-Ion (2013). Istorie, Civilizație, Cultură în Spațiul Românesc [History, Civilization and Culture in the Romanian World]. Bucharest: Ars Docendi. p. 167. ISBN 978-9-73558-705-5.
^ Iancu, Mariana (July 19, 2019). "Detalii terifiante din noaptea în care a fost asasinat Toma Arnăuțoiu. Eroul din munți a fost executat sumar în închisoare". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 16, 2022.
^ Jonathan Luxmoore (16 May 2014). "Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[1] Cioroianu, Adrian (2005). Pe umerii lui Marx. O introducere în istoria comunismului românesc [On the Shoulders of Marx. An Introduction into the History of Romanian Communism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Curtea Veche. p. 280. ISBN 978-973-669-390-8.

[2] Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.

[3] Bell, Imogen (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe. London: Europa. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.

[4] Deletant, Dennis (1999). Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965. London: C. Hurst. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-85065-386-8.

[5] Stan, Lavinia (2014). Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania: The Politics of Memory. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-10702-053-5.

[6] Ion, Narcis Dorin (2003). Bucureşti: în căutarea Micului Paris [Bucharest: In Search of Little Paris] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Tritonic. p. 85. ISBN 978-9-73849-750-4.

[7] "Buletin de știri 6 noiembrie 1989" (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. November 6, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

[8] Țimonea, Dorin. "Planurile cincinale din România comunistă – Canalul, primul mare eșec. Cum era planificată economia de "mințile luminate" ale partidului unic". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved September 1, 2022.

[9] Virginás, Andrea (2021). Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-79361-344-8.

[10] Căliman, Călin (2017). Istoria Filmului Românesc [A History of Romanian Film] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Contemporanul. p. 178. ISBN 978-6-06884-306-3.

[11] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fița Lovin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

[12] Leuștean, Lucian N. (2017). Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. London: Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-31781-866-3.

[13] Eugen Tomiuc (13 December 2004). "Romania: Basescu Wins Presidential Vote, Vows To Fight Corruption". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[14] Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mațina de scris, p. 207, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, retrieved 20 April 2020

[15] Popescu, Sorin; Prelipceanu, Tudor (2016), "Gheorghe Tașcă – economist și jurist de seamă, victimă a represiunii comuniste", Memoria, revista gândirii arestate (in Romanian), 94 (1): 78–86

[16] Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mașina de scris, pp. 63–64, ISBN 973-99994-2-5, retrieved 1 September 2022

[17] Neagoe, Claudiu-Ion (2013). Istorie, Civilizație, Cultură în Spațiul Românesc [History, Civilization and Culture in the Romanian World]. Bucharest: Ars Docendi. p. 167. ISBN 978-9-73558-705-5.

[18] Iancu, Mariana (July 19, 2019). "Detalii terifiante din noaptea în care a fost asasinat Toma Arnăuțoiu. Eroul din munți a fost executat sumar în închisoare". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 16, 2022.

[CH-19] Jonathan Luxmoore (16 May 2014). "Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

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 {{Year in Romania|1951}}
-Events from the year '''1951 in Romania'''.
+Events from the year '''1951 in Romania'''. The year saw the [[Bărăgan deportations]].
+[[File:Administrative map of Romania, 1950-1952.svg|thumb|right|The regions of the [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romanian People's Republic]] between 1950 and 1952]]
 ==Incumbents==
 *[[President of Romania|President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic]]: [[Constantin Ion Parhon]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Adrian|last=Cioroianu|author-link=Adrian Cioroianu|title=Pe umerii lui Marx. O introducere în istoria comunismului românesc|trans-title=On the Shoulders of Marx. An Introduction into the History of Romanian Communism|publisher=Editura Curtea Veche|location=Bucharest|year=2005|language=RO|isbn=978-973-669-390-8|page=280}}</ref>
-*[[Prime Minister of Romania|Prime Minister]]: [[Petru Groza]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Spencer | last=Tucker | title=The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection | location=Santa Barbara | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2020 | isbn=978-1-44086-076-8  | page=669}}</ref>
+*[[Prime Minister of Romania|Prime Minister]]: [[Petru Groza]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Spencer | last=Tucker | title=The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection | location=Santa Barbara | publisher=[[ABC-Clio]] | year=2020 | isbn=978-1-44086-076-8  | page=669}}</ref>
 *[[General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party]]: [[Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Bell | first=Imogen | title=Central and South-Eastern Europe | location=London | publisher=Europa | year=2003 | isbn=978-1-85743-186-5 | page=483}}</ref>
 ==Events==
+[[File:Five-Year Plan 1951 to 1955-Coal-production.jpg|thumb|Stamp of Romania from 1951: Five-Year Plan 1951 to 1955 – Coal production]]
-* 18 June – The Black Night, during which 44,000 residents from [[Caraș-Severin County|Caraș-Severin]], [[Mehedinți County|Mehedinți]] and [[Timiș County]] are deported. 2,000 die.<ref>{{cite book | first=Lavinia | last=Stan | title=Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania: The Politics of Memory | location=New York | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2014 | pages=9–10 | isbn=978-1-10702-053-5 | url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Transitional_Justice_in_Post_Communist_R/puqk2FF0FPYC}}</ref>
+* 30 March – The [[Securitate]] is reorganised under the name ''Direcția Generală a Securității Statului'' (DGSS).<ref>{{cite book | first=Dennis | last=Deletant | author-link=Dennis Deletant| title=Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965 | location=London | publisher=C. Hurst | year=1999 | page=328 | isbn=978-1-85065-386-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRn56_qAwiYC}}</ref>
+* 18 June – The [[Bărăgan deportations]], during which 44,000 residents from [[Caraș-Severin County|Caraș-Severin]], [[Mehedinți County|Mehedinți]], and [[Timiș County|Timiș]] counties are deported. Of those, 2,000 die.<ref>{{cite book | first=Lavinia | last=Stan | title=Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania: The Politics of Memory | location=New York | publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] | year=2014 | pages=9–10 | isbn=978-1-10702-053-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=puqk2FF0FPYC}}</ref>
+* 20 October – The [[Frederic and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Art Museum]] is opened as a public gallery.<ref>{{cite book | first=Narcis Dorin | last=Ion | title=Bucureşti: în căutarea Micului Paris | trans-title=Bucharest: In Search of Little Paris | location=Bucharest | publisher=Tritonic | year=2003 | page=85 | isbn=978-9-73849-750-4 | language=RO}}</ref>
+* 15 December – The first [[Five-Year Plans of Romania|Five-Year Plan]] (1951–1955) is adopted by the [[Great National Assembly (Socialist Republic of Romania)|Great National Assembly]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://romania.europalibera.org/a/buletin-de-știri-6-noiembrie-1989/30254707.html|title=Buletin de știri 6 noiembrie 1989|lang=ro|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Free Europe]]|date=November 6, 1989 |access-date=September 1, 2022}}</ref> the main objective of the plan is the construction of the [[Danube–Black Sea Canal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historia.ro/sectiune/general/planurile-cincinale-din-romania-comunista-572590.html|title=Planurile cincinale din România comunistă – Canalul, primul mare eșec. Cum era planificată economia de "mințile luminate" ale partidului unic|lang=ro|first=Dorin|last=Țimonea|magazine=Historia|access-date=September 1, 2022}}</ref>
+==Popular culture==
+* [[In Our Village]] ({{lang|ro|În sat la noi}}), directed by [[Jean Georgescu]] and [[Victor Iliu]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Andrea | last=Virginás | title=Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception | location=Lanham | publisher=Lexington Books | year=2021 | page=50 | isbn=978-1-79361-344-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yInEAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
+* [[Life Triumphs (1951 film)|Life Triumphs]] ({{lang|ro|Viața învinge}}), directed by [[Dinu Negreanu]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Călin | last=Căliman | title=Istoria Filmului Românesc | trans-title=A History of Romanian Film | location=Bucharest | publisher=Editura Contemporanul | year=2017 | page=178 | isbn=978-6-06884-306-3 | language=RO}}</ref>
 ==Births==
-* 14 January – [[Fița Lovin|Fița Rafira]], [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]], medal winner at the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/fita-lovin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203151/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/fita-lovin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2012 |title=Fiţa Lovin |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
+* 14 January – [[Fița Lovin|Fița Rafira]], [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]], medal winner at the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/fita-lovin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203151/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/fita-lovin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 March 2016 |title=Fița Lovin |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
-* 22 July – Dan Ilie Ciobotea, the future [[Patriarch Daniel of Romania]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Lucian N. | last=Leustean | title=Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century | location=London | publisher=Routledge | year=2017 | page=108 | isbn=978-1-31781-866-3}}</ref>
+* 22 July – Dan Ilie Ciobotea, the future [[Patriarch Daniel of Romania]].<ref>{{cite book | first=Lucian N. | last=Leuștean | title=Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century | location=London | publisher=[[Routledge]] | year=2017 | page=108 | isbn=978-1-31781-866-3}}</ref>
+* 1 September – [[Nicu Ceaușescu]], physicist and communist politician (died [[1996 in Romania|1996]]).
+* 4 November – [[Traian Băsescu]], politician and former President of Romania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1056376.html|title=Romania: Basescu Wins Presidential Vote, Vows To Fight Corruption|work=Radio Free Europe|author=Eugen Tomiuc|date=13 December 2004|accessdate=5 April 2022}}</ref>
 ==Deaths==
+[[File:Vescovo Anton Durcovici.jpg|thumb|[[Anton Durcovici]] (1888–1951)]]
+* 14 January – [[Tancred Constantinescu]], engineer and politician, died at [[Sighet Prison]] (born [[1878 in the United Principalities|1878]]).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.procesulcomunismului.com/marturii/fonduri/ioanitoiu/dictionar_c/con-con2/dictionarc_19.pdf|title=Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar|publisher= Editura Mațina de scris| location=Bucharest|year= 2000|isbn=973-99994-2-5| first=Cicerone|last=Ionițoiu|language=ro|page=207|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
+* 15 March – [[Gheorghe Tașcă]], economist, lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician; a [[list of members of the Romanian Academy|corresponding member of the Romanian Academy]], he died at [[Sighet Prison]] (born [[1875 in the United Principalities|1875]]).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.revistamemoria.ro/gheorghe-tasca-economist-si-jurist-de-seama-victima-a-represiunii-comuniste/|title=Gheorghe Tașcă – economist și jurist de seamă, victimă a represiunii comuniste|journal=Memoria, revista gândirii arestate|language=ro|first1=Sorin|last1= Popescu|first2=Tudor |last2=Prelipceanu|volume= 94|issue=1|year=2016|pages=78–86}}</ref>
+* 19 April – [[Ion Manolescu-Strunga]], politician, died at [[Sighet Prison]] (born [[1889 in Romania|1889]]).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.procesulcomunismului.com/marturii/fonduri/ioanitoiu/dictionar_m/m/dictionarm_7.pdf|title=Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar|publisher= Editura Mașina de scris| location=Bucharest|year= 2000|isbn=973-99994-2-5| first=Cicerone| last=Ionițoiu|language=ro|pages=63–64|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
 * 22 May – [[Istrate Micescu]], lawyer, died in [[Aiud Prison]] (born [[1881 in Romania|1881]]).<ref>{{cite book | first=Claudiu-Ion | last=Neagoe | title=Istorie, Civilizație, Cultură în Spațiul Românesc | trans-title=History, Civilization and Culture in the Romanian World | location=Bucharest | publisher=Ars Docendi | year=2013 | page=167 | isbn=978-9-73558-705-5}}</ref>
+* 18 July – [[Toma Arnăuțoiu]], officer who led a group of anti-communist resistance fighters from 1949 to 1958, executed at [[Jilava Prison]] (born [[1921 in Romania|1921]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/constanta/detalii-terifiante-noaptea-fost-asasinat-toma-arnautoiu-eroul-munti-fost-executat-sumar-inchisoare-1_5d304028892c0bb0c693694b/index.html|title=Detalii terifiante din noaptea în care a fost asasinat Toma Arnăuțoiu. Eroul din munți a fost executat sumar în închisoare|first=Mariana|last=Iancu|newspaper=[[Adevărul]]|date=July 19, 2019|language=ro|access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref>
-* 10 December – [[Anton Durcovici]], Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași|Iaşi]] in the [[Romanian Roman-Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] and martyr, beautified on 17 May 2014 (born [[1888 in Romania|1888]]).<ref name=CH>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/05/16/romanian-catholic-bishop-martyred-by-communists-beatified-tomorrow/|title=Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow|date=16 May 2014|work=Catholic Herald|access-date=4 March 2018|author=Jonathan Luxmoore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022005706/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/05/16/romanian-catholic-bishop-martyred-by-communists-beatified-tomorrow/|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+* 10 December – [[Anton Durcovici]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași|Iași]] in the [[Romanian Roman-Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] and martyr, he died at [[Sighet Prison]] and was [[Beatification|beatified]] on 17 May 2014 (born [[1888 in Romania|1888]]).<ref name=CH>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/05/16/romanian-catholic-bishop-martyred-by-communists-beatified-tomorrow/|title=Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow|date=16 May 2014|work=Catholic Herald|access-date=4 March 2018|author=Jonathan Luxmoore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022005706/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/05/16/romanian-catholic-bishop-martyred-by-communists-beatified-tomorrow/|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ==References==