Abstract
How did Communism come to power in Romania? The scientific answer to this question was of no concern to the Romanian and Soviet Communists. History was just another tool of Party propaganda, aimed at providing people with official narratives. But when the Romanians and the Soviets pursue different propaganda goals, a fight over interpretations begins in which each side uses specific descriptions of historical events to serve its political needs. After Stalin's death, dictator Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej of Romania tried to find legitimacy and revolutionary prestige for his party, calling into question the Soviet contribution to Romania's Communisation. In doing so, his propaganda tried to demonstrate that Communism in Romania was not a product of Soviet intervention, but a materialisation of historical Romanian aspirations.
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