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De-Stalinization in Romania

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Many placenames, companies and institutions had been named after Stalin and the "classics of Marxism", as well as Romanian Communist heroes. Most of these were reverted in the 1960s. This began in 1962, with the reverting everything that was named after Stalin:
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Some placenames named after Lenin were also changed, but many were also kept. The reason for the change was to have a better proportion between international and local names, part of the advancement of
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Dennis Deletant, Ceaușescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989, M.E. Sharpe, London, 1995,
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Marcela Salagean, "The Period of De-Stalinization in Romanian Culture, 1959-1965", in
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returning the country to the Totalitarian side which was renamed Ceauşism.
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Socialist Republic of
Romania

Coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Communist Party
Securitate
Army
Union of Communist Youth
Great National Assembly
State Council
Patriotic Guards
National Council of Women
Pioneers
Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy
Romanian Orthodox Church
ScĂŽnteia
People's Democratic Front
Front of Socialist Unity and Democracy
Comturist
Constantin Ion Parhon
Petru Groza
Ana Pauker
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Gheorghe Apostol
Chivu Stoica
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Manea Mănescu
Ilie Verdeț
Elena Ceaușescu
Dacianism
July Theses

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