„Soarta” sau „destinul” Tezaurului României. Argumente dinspre București și Moscova
The „Fate” or „Destiny” of the Romanian Treasury. Considerations from Bucharest and Moscow

Summary/Abstract: Using documents identified in the Russian archives, this study intends to answer part of the many questions raised by Tatiana Pokivailova in her book „The fate of «Romanian gold» in Russia, 1916-2020. Historical essays”. Therefore, readers are provided with scientifically documented proofs regarding the historical context of the evacuation of the banking treasury (December 1916) and the identity treasury (July 1917) of Romania in Russia; their seizing by the bolshevik government (January 1918); the ongoing control of the soviet power on the gold and valuable Romanian goods until the final spending of the last part of the Romanian National Bank reserve (1925), the selective restitution of the archives (1935) and the partial return at Bucharest of the identity and patrimony values of Romania (1956).Last but not least, the article uses information identified in dozens of documents found in the Moscow archives. That contradicts opinions in the previous century regarding the appropriation by the white guard or the Czechoslovak volunteers of the Romanian banking treasury, partial or total melting of the Romanian gold in 1918-1920; using it for financing the communist movement or paying Russia’s war reparations after the peace at Brest-Litovsk etc.

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