Contributions to the Administrative Organization of Putna County. The District People’s Counciles Cover Image

Contribuţii la organizarea administrativă a judeţului Putna. Sfaturile Populare Raionale
Contributions to the Administrative Organization of Putna County. The District People’s Counciles

Author(s): Bogdan Constatin Dogaru
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Societatea de Studii Istorice din România
Keywords: district people’s councils; interim committees; Executive Committees; communism; deputy;

Summary/Abstract: The former territory of Putna county was divided in September 1950 in four districts: Adjud, Focşani, Panciu, and Vrancea. These territorial structures copyed the Soviet model and were administered by the district people’s councils (“sfaturi populare raionale”, in Romanian), institutions under the direct supervision of the Communist Party.As local organs of state power, district people's councils have been involved in the major changes initiated by the communist regime in former Putna county: the nationalization of industrial and commercial enterprises, buildings’ nationalization, collectivization of agriculture, electrification of villages, literacy of the population.

  • Issue Year: I/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 130-143
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian
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