Securitatea şi cultele în perioada 1948-1958
Security and the Cults in 1948-1958

Summary/Abstract: Concerned with overcoming the economic and social crisis in Romania in early 1866, the Lascar Catargiu Government would also face a very serious political problem: the separatist movement in Moldavia. Aware of the Moldavian population’s state of mind, the participants in the conspiracy against Prince Cuza had been concerned, from the beginning of their association, to grant the movement they were preparing a national rather than a regional character. The fact that their precautions were justified will be proven during the weeks before the plebiscite for the election of Charles of Hohenzollern as head of the Romanian state. Even if there were considerable efforts to convince, especially the Moldavians, that not the Union, but the mismanagement of the country had affected the entire territory, and not just “the territory beyond Milcov”, the political leaders in Moldavia were already discussing, in the various meetings held, the possibility of returning to the situation before the year 1859. Paying attention to the unrest manifest in several towns, the authorities in Bucharest resorted to the appointment of central administration officials in the “rebelled” localities, a decision that would cause even more unrest. Without acting in a very coherent way, the supporters of the separatist movement aroused some interest even beyond the borders of the country, and found strong support - not at all lacking ulterior motive - with the Tsarist government. Despite this reality, from the perspective of outside intervention, one possible explanation for the movement that took place in Iaşi, on April 3, 1866 is, in our opinion, an exaggeration. The following article represents an attempt to prove this statement, as well as a development of some of the considerations made above.

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