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1901 German map of Romania. The term came into use after World War I, when the Old Kingdom was opposed to Greater Romania, which included Transylvania, Banat, Bessarabia, and Bukovina. Nowadays, the term is mainly of historical relevance, and is otherwise used as a common term for all regions in Romania included in both the Old Kingdom and ...
During this period, the country reached its maximum territorial extension, being known as Greater Romania. However, Romania's neighbors were not satisfied with the new borders. Romania relied on regional alliances and protection from France and the United Kingdom at the west.
6 dni temu · As a result of the war, Greater Romania—the expanded nation-state encompassing the majority of Romanians—came into being. Through the acquisition of Transylvania and the Banat from Hungary, Bukovina from Austria, and Bessarabia from Russia, the country’s territory was doubled.
This map marks all of the territories that have ever been governed by the Romanian State. There are several maps from several time periods overlapping here. This map is composed of Transylvania (on the left, with a wavy texture), Northern Bukovina (on the top, with a wavy texture) and Bessarabia (on the right, also with a wavy texture).
The Romanian expression România Mare (Great or Greater Romania) refers to the Romanian state in the interwar period and to the territory Romania covered at the time. At that time, Romania achieved its greatest territorial extent, almost 300,000 km2 or 120,000 sq mi [83]), including all of the historic Romanian lands. [84]
Map of the Kingdom of Romania between 1918 and 1940 (Greater Romania) and its historical regions. In Romanian historiography, the Great Union (Romanian: Marea Unire) or Great Union of 1918 (Marea Unire din 1918) was the series of political unifications the Kingdom of Romania had with several of the so-called Romanian historical regions ...
Genesis and evolution of state borders of Greater Romania. Establishing of borders between neighboring countries is legally made by treaties (agreements) which describing the route of the border line. On a map annexed to these treaties, the borderline is graphically represented.
