Kingdom Of Romania Research Articles

Az erdélyi katolikus oktatás kérdése a két világháború között a Szentszék és Románia közötti kapcsolatokban

In this article, I present the development of the Hungarian-language Catholic education in Transylvania in the context of the diplomatic relations between the Romanian Kingdom and the Holy See. My conclusion is that this period consists of two parts: Until the signing of the Concordat in 1927, the Holy See favored Romanian expectations in the hope that that Greek Catholic influence would grow in the country. However, the Concordat had no such effect, so in the second part, from 1932, the Holy See was more open to the problems of Hungarian speaking Roman Catholics. This turning point made it possible to preserve most of the denominational schools in this region.

Universitatea din Cernăuți: de la modelul cultural german la cel românesc, de sorginte franceză

In the mid-nineteenth century, the desire to establish a form of higher education in Bukovina, the most eastern province of the Habsburg Monarchy, meant to contribute to increasing the degree of culture of the local elite, was one of the concerns of the society of the time and it was expressed as early as 1848. As a result, residents from different social categories have also repeatedly addressed requests to the local political authorities, especially the Provincial Parliament, to ask the central regime for approval of the establishment of a higher education institution in the provincial capital, Chernivtsi. After being approved by the Chamber of Deputies and the Imperial Senate, on March 13 and March 20, respectively, the draft law on the establishment of the University of Chernivtsi received, on March 31, 1875, the imperial sanction.Until 1918, the "Francisco-Josephine" University of Chernivtsi, which was created after the model of the higher education institutions in Austria, had in its composition three faculties, namely: the Faculty of Law and Political Science, the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, lacking the Faculty of Medicine. The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of The First World War, which had as a consequence the union of Bukovina with the Kingdom of Romania, on November 28, 1918, will directly influence the becoming of the university within the frameworks of the Romanian state. In the summer of 1919, the publication of the decree of the Romanian government followed, by which, the non-Romanian professors from the University of Chernivtsi, were asked to give a statement that they were committed to learning the Romanian language in two years, so that they could then teach in this language. This was the mandatory condition for keeping them in office, in addition to taking the oath of allegiance to the Romanian state and the king. Considering that the required deadline was too short for learning the Romanian language at a level that would allow them to hold academic lectures and publish scientific papers, most of the foreign professors from the University of Chernivtsi decided to give up their teaching activity here and at the beginning of September 1919 they were repatriated to Austria. The new Romanian university was inaugurated on October 24, 1920, in the synodal hall of the metropolitan residence in Cernăuţi. In the new Romanian organization of the university, the German language and Germanistics declined, given that the German language changed its status, from the situation of a state language to the state of language of a minority. The reorganization of the University of Chernivtsi in its Romanian form meant, in addition to the establishment of numerous new departments, such as psychology, sociology, art history, algebra, astronomy or mechanics, which, due to the lack of competent frameworks, have long remained unoccupied and the abolition of some of the old ones, such as that of Austrian history, Ukrainian language, German or Austrian law. The University of Chernivtsi ceased its activity as a Romanian university, of French cultural origin, with the entry of Soviet troops in Chernivtsi, on July 28, 1940, following the ultimatum given by the Kremlin to the Romanian government, which led to the annexation of the territory of Northern Bukovina by the Soviet Union.

Letters in Verse from the Great War

This article sets out to study the records and testimonies created during the First World War in order to understand this important historical moment in the existence of Romanian rural communities. Many of the testimonies of Romanian soldiers capture the shift from oral culture and oral language to writing and written culture. Writing, which the soldiers had yet to fully internalize, was one of the few possibilities available to them on the war front to maintain alive the connection with their families and to leave a trace about the exceptional times they were living. These written accounts, which do not always observe the rules of correct writing, make apparent and available to us today a deep layer of oral culture that had until then been orally transmitted from generation to generation. Romanian soldiers from Transylvania were best known for writing home messages in verse, which they composed on the spot, using memorized set structures and phrases from the shared folklore repertoire circulating at the time in the village world. Privates coming from the Kingdom of Romania also made verses in their letters or journal entries, but it was less common. They would sometimes insert in their notes orally transmitted moral stories or parables, as well as other forms and pieces of the peasant oral culture to which they belonged. Some of these testimonies can present real challenges in terms of understanding the writing but also the semantics of some of the words. While familiarized with letters, writing, and reading, their authors had only a rudimentary knowledge of spelling and punctuation rules. To be able to discern the meanings of these writings today, one needs to first understand the complex circumstances that produced them.

Romanian refugees of autumn 1916 and the russian military command in Romania: controversial cooperation at the turn of the disaster

The participation of the Romanian Kingdom in the First World War in the campaign of 1916 resulted in a heavy military defeat and the loss of the capital and most of the country’s territory. Among the humanitarian consequences, a special place is occupied by the refugee movement, which affected hundreds of thousands of civilians. Due to the fact that the refugees retreated to the north together with the army, their fate was closely intertwined with military operations, including the troops of the Russian ally. The Russian command in 1916 also had to solve the problems of regulating the refugee movement in Romania and organizing assistance to refugees.

Allegiance in Exchange for Benefits: The Romanian First World War Veterans’ Movement between Democracy and Authoritarianism, 1930–1937

This article proposes that, between the two World Wars, the political loyalties of numerous Romanian First World War veterans were significantly affected by these ex-servicemen's sense of entitlement from military service. Having fought to protect their nation in the course of the conflict, many ex-combatants believed they deserved to be granted a variety of economic and symbolic rewards by the Romanian kingdom, in many cases allying themselves with political forces which promised to award them these benefits. To see their rights recognized, they also created a social movement, through which they lobbied state institutions. As, in the early 1930s, state veterans' policies experienced several shortcomings as the result of the Great Depression, sizeable segments of the former soldiers' movement began supporting a plethora of far-right movements and associations. Importantly, these extremist organizations secured the backing of various ex-servicemen mainly by promising to protect and increase the latter's benefits. Notably, in developing ties to discontented ex-combatants, the right was inspired in some instances by foreign authoritarian political models. However, in the middle of the decade, as governments managed to some extent to restore and even improve the ex-servicemen's special economic status, fascist and radical-right groups ceased to expand their reach within the ex-combatants' movement. Consequently, old soldiers did not play a significant role in the eventual collapse of Romanian democracy. By indicating that the former fighters’ sense of entitlement acted as a prominent radicalizing influence over many of them, this article provides an innovative perspective on the extremist political trends which affected numerous ex-servicemen in interwar Europe. Furthermore, by highlighting that Romanian radical veterans were at times inspired by developments occurring beyond their country's borders, the article helps confirm that transnational factors played a role in the anti-parliamentary activism of European former soldiers.

Deputați bucovineni în Parlamentul României Întregite. Dorimedont Popovici (legislatura 1920 - 1922)

Dorimedont Popovici (1874–1950) was a Bukovinian politician who became involved in cultural-national activities, campaigning for the rights of Romanians in Bukovina. He attended primary school in Suceava, secondary school and university courses (Law School) in Chernivtsi, later obtaining a PhD in Law. From the autumn of 1918, he became involved in the national liberation movement of the Romanians in Bukovina. He was one of the organizers of the National Assembly on October 27, 1918, Vice-President of the Romanian National Council; was part of the Bukovina government; participated in the General Congress of Bukovina (November 28, 1918) and voted for the unconditional union of Bukovina with the Kingdom of Romania. After 1918, Dori Popovici continued his political activity, contributing to the integration of Bukovina into the structures of the Romanian state. He held various public functions and dignities. He was a member of the Democratic Union Party (1919), the People’s Party (1920) and the National Peasant Party (1927). He was an MP from the People’s Party in the legislative period between 1920 and 1922, Minister Secretary of State in the Averescu governments (1920–1921, 1926–1927). His parliamentary interventions focus on issues related to the unification and administration of the province. In 1944, before the occupation of the northern part of Bukovina, Dori Popovici fled to Romania. Arrested on the night between the 5th and the 6th of May 1950, then imprisoned at Sighet without trial, he died in extermination on June 12, 1950. In the Annex we present an interpellation about the problems of Bukovina integration (administrative and legislative unification), important for understanding how Dorimedont Popovici saw the organization of the province within the Kingdom of Romania.

Din istoria arheologiei Bucovinei: o scrisoare inedită de la arheologul Dionisie Olinescu către preotul Constantin Morariu

"In the Austrian Bukovina there were two private societies, with an archaeological-historical-museistic profile: the Museum Society of Siret, founded by Captain Josef von Gutter (1870–1886) and the Romanian Archaeological Society from Chernivtsi, founded and led by the amateur archaeologist Dionisie Olinescu (1886–1893). Olinescuʼs society took over an important part of the collections of the Museum Society of Siret, completed them and contributed directly to the foundation of the collections of the National Museum of Bukovina (Bukowiner Landes-Museum) in Chernivtsi (1893). The following article captures a small fragment from the life of Dionisie Olinescu, the most important Romanian archaeologist of the Austrian Bukovina, forced by unfavorable circumstances to leave the province in the year of 1893 and to take refuge in the Romanian Kingdom, where he had a quite difficult career trajectory. The letter in question contains some novel elements regarding Dionisie Olinescuʼs biography and family and his activity after 1893. The letter brings, at the same time, a modest contribution to the historiography of the archaeology of Bukovina. "

Referring to one exhibition

The National Art Museum of Moldova constantly surprises with vernissages and original themes, regardless of whether it refers to personal or group exhibitions, to regional or international activities. The presence of the exhibition “Five couples”, which was opened this year, on May of 17 and it confirmed the actuality of some events, which have became a tradition and an evolution of the performances of that institution. The moment refers to painters and their works, which were active in various cultural spaces of modern Russia and interwar Bessarabia, from the Romanian Kingdom before the Second World War and the period of the emergence of the Moldavian SSR, following a not simple artistic way, in completely diverse and incompatible environments. Their creation demonstrated the existence of two value systems: one was of European formation; another was of Russian production, both were belonging to the opposite visions. Mihail Grecu and Lidia Arionescu, Mihail Grecu and Fira Grecu, Moisei and Eugenia Gamburd, Valentina Rusu-Ciobanu and Glebus Sainciuc, Ana Baranovici and Dmitrii Sevastianov were honored at the exhibition.

ROMANYA EĞİTİM SİSTEMİ BAĞLAMINDA BÖLGEDEKİ TÜRK AZINLIĞIN ANA DİLİ EĞİTİMİ DURUMU

With this study, it is aimed to clarify the situation of mother tongue education of the Turkish minority in the region in the context of the Romanian education system. In this direction, the education system of Romania within the framework of mother tongue rights has been described in general terms and the legal and practical status of the mother tongue education of the Turkish minority in the country has been clarified. The research shows the characteristics of a descriptive research model as it examines and evaluates the mother tongue education status of the Turkish minority in the country through various scientific researches and official documents in accordance with the determined purpose. In this context, qualitative analysis methods and techniques were used in the process of producing new information from research findings and results by analyzing the relevant studies conducted by various scientists on the subject and official documents and documents. As a result of the research, it has been found that there was no problem experienced in Turkish education during the period of the Ottoman Empire and the Romanian Kingdom established in Romania after the Ottoman period, and that there were great difficulties for schools that provide Turkish education since the Communist regime took over the administration in the country. Thanks to the democratization period that started with the regime change in Romania in 1989 and the European Convention on Minority Languages signed during the accession period to the European Union it has been concluded that significant improvements and privileges have been achieved in terms of minorities using their mother tongue and being able to receive education in these languages, but there is still a need for some projects and activities to encourage the people of the region to learn Turkish. Keywords:Romanian education system, Turkish education, language rights.

Bucharest, 19 February/3 March 1886: “…anyone understands how shaky and little durable this peace will be”

"Only several years after the war of 1877-1878 between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, in which Romania had also been involved and had had an important role, succeeding in gaining its state independence, the situation in the Balkan Peninsula experienced new tense moments. Against the background of the so-called Bulgarian crisis in the late ’80s of the 19th century, in which Russian interests played again an important part, along with the involvement of other Great Powers, an armed conflict between Serbia and Bulgaria took place in November 1885, causing a general concern at the continental level. Situated in the immediate vicinity of the conflict, Romania tried to contribute to its resolution, wanting to avoid a new Russian invasion and a tension of the relations with its powerful eastern neighbour. The choice of Bucharest as a venue for peace negotiations and the signing of the treaty between Serbia and Bulgaria was also a sign of the appreciation and prestige enjoyed by the Romanian state and King Carol I, primarily due to the balanced and prudent approach shown in the foreign policy and international relations. However, at the level of the Romanian historiography, the erroneous perception of an important role that Romania would have played in the completion of the conflict and the signing of the peace in Bucharest was established for some time, a perception contradicted by the historical realities and the testimonies from that period. Keywords: Bulgarian crisis, Serbian-Bulgarian war, Romanian Kingdom, Carol I, the Bucharest peace. "

Regionalism or Otherness in Greater Romania: Bessarabia’s Response to Cultural Nationalism in the First Years after Unification (1918–1930)

This article tackles the “thorny issue” of Bessarabia’s integration into Greater Romania. A former gubernia inside the Russian Empire for approximately one century, the population of this region, located between the Rivers Prut and Dniester, displayed reluctance to unite with Romania. The paper analyzes the sociopolitical environment that led to the union with the Kingdom of Romania in 1918; it then reassesses the policies of homogenization carried out by the Romanian state during its aggressive nationalization campaign and Bessarabia’s reaction to them. Bessarabia’s reunion with its historical sister provinces in 1918, as well as the entire period throughout which the region was part of Romania, is still a highly politicized subject. This article stresses the response of people of different identities to the reconfiguration of the center-periphery relationship, and to Romania’s mission to consolidate a “nationalizing state.” It therefore emphasizes the asymmetry between the aspirations of the center and those of the Bessarabian populations.

Jugoslovensko-rumunsko savezništvo između dva svetska rata (Mala Antanta i Balkanski sporazum)

With the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes after the First World War, the new state got the Kingdom of Romania as a neighbour. Disagreements that existed between the two countries regarding the demarcation in Banat were resolved by the marriage of the King Alexander I Karađorđević and the Romanian Princess Maria Hohenzollern. The royal marriage was the basis for further development of allied relations between the states in the period between the two world wars. The partnership was strengthened by military-political pacts within the framework of the Little Entente and the Balkan Pact. The peace treaties concluded during the Versailles Conference did not guarantee the security of minor European countries such as the Kingdom of SHS and Romania. The revisionist aspirations of the joint neighbours of Hungary and Bulgaria developed friendly relations that Belgrade and Bucharest needed to deter the enemy from taking any action. The Yugoslav public viewed Romania as a friendly country, so diplomatic activities within the two alliances were closely monitored by the press. In addition, many public workers were concerned with analysing perspectives that could benefit the two countries in the future. The fact that Romania was a significant ally was evidenced by the fact that in December 1938 the mission was promoted to the rank of embassy, which was the first embassy in the diplomatic history of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In this paper, we intend to present the development of allied relations between the two countries, based on the historical reach of the historiography, as well as the analysis of the writing of the Yugoslav press. Particular attention will be paid to the challenges that the alliances faced during the Third Reich's penetration into Southeast Europe. Although the allies of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Romania would find themselves on opposite sides in World War II, there was no mutual war between the two countries, which was a consequence of the built relations in the interwar period.

The Romanian Mission of General Berthelot (1916–1917): Cooperation and Disagreements with the Russian Command of the Romanian Front

When the Kingdom of Romania entered the Great War in 1916, it was supposed to receive aid from the Entente allies While the Russian troops fought alongside the Romanians on the Eastern Front, the Western allies assisted them with arms, financial resources, and experienced officers. Military cooperation in the various European theatres of war was a rather complex task, and its arrangement actualised the issues of cooperation between the allies in arms in pursuit of a common goal. The French Mission of General Berthelot assisted the Romanian army in a number of ways, including leading the fighting in the autumn of 1916, reorganising the defeated Romanian army, and acting as military advisers in the 1917 campaign. In that respect, the French were competing with the Russians for influence over the Romanian top leadership, especially the military command. The formation of the Romanian front, consisting mainly of Russian troops, allowed the Russian Stavka to sideline the French from directly influencing the course of military operations. The work of the French mission was limited to bringing the Romanian units withdrawn to the rear back into order. However, in 1917, the French resumed their leading role in influencing the Romanian generals. The February Revolution marked a turning point in relations between the rival partners, finally consolidating the leading role of the Berthelot Mission in the affairs of the Romanian Army on the Romanian front. The French Mission helped reorganise the Romanian Army, which played a decisive role in the final stage of the Great War. This allowed the Kingdom of Romania to remain among the victorious nations, despite the vicissitudes of 1918 following the withdrawal of Russia from the war. The main sources for this article are documents from the Russian State Military Historical Archive (RGVIA) relating primarily to the competence of the central military authorities and administration during the war period, namely the Supreme Command Headquarters and the General Staff Headquarters.

Alexandru Vaida Voevod: From Spa Medicine to First Prime Minister of Greater Romania - 150 Years Since His Birth

Alexandru Vaida Voevod, a physician and politician who served three times as prime minister of Romania (1919–20, 1932, 1933), was a leading spokesman for the union of Transylvania with the Old Romanian Kingdom (Moldavia and Wallachia). In 1896 he was a member of the Committee of the Romanian National Party, representing the pro-Habsburg group. Between 1906 and 1918 he was a deputy in the Budapest Parliament. After 1918, he became a member of the Governing Council and Prime minister on December 9, 1919. During the Interwar period, he held the position of Prime minister as well as Minister of internal and foreign affair in several governments and President of the Council of Ministers. He died in Sibiu on March 19, 1950

The Ratification of the 1932 Accord Relating to the Interpretation of Section 9 of the Concordat Concluded between the Holy See and the Romanian Government on 10 May 1927

Following the Treaty of Trianon, the situation of the Catholic Church operating on the territory of the Kingdom of Romania was regularized within a concordat agreement concluded in 1927 between the Romanian Government and the Holy See as interested parties. Since due to the compromises Section 9 of the Concordat, addressing the legal situation of the church, became meaningful ─ a development that parties opposing the Concordat exploited –, the contracting parties agreed on a detailed explanation under an accord drafted in the early 1930s. Our study presents the thriller-like antecedents and aftermath of the Accord, signed on 30 May 1932 between the contracting parties, relating to the interpretation of Section 9 of the Concordat concluded between the Holy See and the Romanian Government on 10 May 1927. The successive, short-lived Romanian governments could not give effect to the agreement due to the nationalist propaganda heavily present in the media. Abuses arising from the various interpretations eventually led to the appearance of the Accord in the form a decree-law on 2 May 1940. Keywords: concordat, accord, Holy See, Romanian Government, Roman Catholic Status of Transylvania

Romania's Domestic and International Political Situation in the First Half of 1921 (According to the Reports of the Austrian Diplomatic Mission in Bucharest)

This article finds out the main internal and international political events and processes in the Kingdom of Romania in the first half of 1921 covered at the reports of the envoy, later the Ambassador, of the Republic of Austria Wilhelm Stork, much of which is introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. In writing the article, the authors used general scientific and special methods, including archival heuristics. According to the results of the study, it was stated that in the first half of 1921 the internal political situation in Romania looked tense, but controlled. At that time were taken measures to prevent events of internal strife, as was the case with the newly formed Communist Party, being controlled externally, fact, which drew the attention of diplomats. The Government, comprehending the inevitability of changes, carried out agrarian reform and streamlined church relations, while pursuing a consistent policy of Romanianization of the territories that were included in the kingdom after the First World War. At the same time, everything was done to get along with the neighbors, protecting themselves from misunderstandings with them and from the threat of being left alone in the case of a Bolshevik invasion. It has succeeded in either concluding relevant agreements, signing protocol of intentions or making significant progress during the negotiations. An example of such success was the Polish-Romanian agreement on a defense alliance and joint defense against the enemy from the east. The actions aimed at creating a defense alliance for protection against Hungary, in which other interested states were involved, seemed more consistent. One of the ways to consolidate the actions of diplomats was the conclusion in 1921 of marriages between members of the Romanian and Greek dynasties. This practice will continue with the marriage between a representative of the Romanian and a representative of the Serbian dynasty later more. The only thing that failed was to reach an agreement with Soviet Russia, respectively in two main tasks - to achieve recognition by the Bolsheviks of the inclusion of Bessarabia in Romania and the return of Romanian gold and foreign exchange reserves, the waste of which the Bolsheviks denied

Digging the frontier, tackling the epidemics. Researches on Bran Pass

The area next to the village Fundata, the former frontier between the Romanian Kingdom and Austria-Hungary, is located on the Rucăr-Bran corridor, between Piatra Craiului and Bucegi Mountains. Due to the configuration of the terrain, it was a good place to try an archaeological excavation in quest for the Roman road of <em>Limes Transalutanus</em>. Looking at the LiDAR based terrain-model I found yet the ruins of an unknown frontier checkpoint from modern times. That was only the first step towards a complex research, involving archives, modern history of mass epidemics, quarantine facilities and legislation, the rebirth of the Romanian Army, in the 19th century, cartography, but also landscape archaeology and the test excavations. The research was accomplished with the financial and logistic support of the HiLands Project, committed to mountain archaeology, but also a cherished backup of friends with certain knowledge in modern military history, modern architecture, or archival research. The test digging have intersected a group of buildings, very likely a frontier checkpoint operative between 1850-1880, preceding the later and better known frontier station from the Mount Giuvala, before the First World War. I would be pleased if the effort done within this research, as well as its publication in an archaeological periodical as this, would be a stimulus for Romanian archaeologists to look with more consideration to both mountain archaeology and modern archaeological sites which escaped till now to the radar of science, which are plenty.

Na rozdrożu europejskiej dyplomacji: Rumunia między Blokiem Centralnym a Ententą (1914–1918)

The main tendencies of the development of the Kingdom of Romania during the First World War were analysed in this article. The stages of the diplomatic negotiations of the Romanian government with the countries of the Central Bloc and the Entente during 1914–1918 years are considered. Bucharest managed to take advantage of its own diplomatic balancing during the war, which was squeezed between the two military-political blocs. Thanks to its foreign policy strategy, the Romanian government had retained its sovereign right to the development and the acceptance of the most important decisions, and those which were touched of the upholding of the national interests of the state. Moreover, Romania managed to significantly expand its borders, which was possible due to the crisis and the destruction that was passed through Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire during 1917-1918 years. In the context of the foreign policy strategy of the kingdom during the World War, the «Bessarabian question» is partially covered and which role it played in the realization of the project of the creation of «Great Romania» by Bucharest. In addition, the certain reasons of the signing, the content and the consequences of the Bucharest peace treaty of 1918 year for the alignment of the forces in the Central European region at the final stage of the war were characterized. Ultimately, the authors state that the diplomatic balancing of the Romanian political leadership during the World War gave it the opportunity to gradually but steadily realize the project of the expansion of the state borders at the expense of the contiguous territories.

ЕПИСКОП ТЕМИШВАРСКИ ДР ГЕОРГИЈЕ ЛЕТИЋ (1904–1935) И ЊЕГОВ ДОПРИНОС СРПСКОЈ КУЛТУРИ У РУМУНИЈИ

Bishop of Timișoara dr Georgije Letić (⁎1872†1935) was one of the most prominent dignitaries of our Serbian Orthodox Church of his time. He marked his era as a respectable hierarch, man of letters, a good and skilled organizer of church life in the dioceses that have been permanently or temporarily entrusted to him. Bishop dr Georgije Letić led the Diocese of Timișoara for many years, between 1904-1931 as a diocese bishop, and between 1931-1935 as administrator. The change of state administration (Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Kingdom of Romania - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) over Banat (which was later split between Romania and Yugoslavia), as well as the difficult and irregular times during the First World War left heavy marks on the entire territory of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Timișoara, as well as consequences on the life of the Serbian Church in Romania. Bishop dr Georgije managed, as a skilled organizer, despite of current conditions, not only to successfully organize the diocesan life, but also to build new foundations for the upcoming generations.

Sequencing toponymic change: A quantitative longitudinal analysis of street renaming in Sibiu, Romania.

Recent scholarship in critical toponymy studies has refashioned the understanding of street names from innocent labels to nominal loci of historical memory and vectors of collective identity that are embroiled with power relations. Urban nomenclatures consist of more than mere linguistic signposts deployed onto space to facilitate navigation. Street names are also powerful signposts that indicate the political regime and its socio-cultural values. Drawing on these theoretical insights, this paper is focused on Sibiu (Romania) and explore the city’s shifting namescape in a longitudinal perspective spanning one century and a half of modern history (1875–2020). The analysis is based on a complete dataset of street names and street name changes registered across five political regimes (Habsburg Empire, Kingdom of Romania, Romanian People’s Republic, Socialist Republic of Romania, and post-socialist Romania). A series of multiple logistic regression models were carried out to determine the factors that influence toponymic change. The statistical results point out several significant predictors of street renaming: (1) the streets’ toponymic characteristics (politicized or neutral name); (2) artery rank (public squares and large avenues or ordinary streets and alleys); and (3) topographic features (a street’s size and centrality). Such a quantitative approach coupled with a longitudinal perspective contributes to the scholarly literature on place-naming practices in three major ways: firstly, by advancing an innovative methodological framework and analytical model for the study of street name changes; secondly, by delineating with statistical precision the factors that model toponymic change; and thirdly, by embedding these renaming practices observed especially after significant power shifts in the broader historical context of the changes brought in the city’s street nomenclature.