Intimacy and Socialist Militancy on the Eve of War. Alexandrina Alexandrescu's (Codreanu)'s Letters to Cristian Racovski (March-August 1916) Cover Image

Intimitate şi militantism socialist în prag de război. Scrisorile Alexandrinei Alexandrescu (Codreanu) către Cristian Racovski (martie-august 1916)
Intimacy and Socialist Militancy on the Eve of War. Alexandrina Alexandrescu's (Codreanu)'s Letters to Cristian Racovski (March-August 1916)

Author(s): Flavius Solomon, Mihail Stancev
Subject(s): History, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Societatea de Studii Istorice din România
Keywords: Cristian Racovski; Alexandrina Alexandrescu (Codreanu); marriage and divorce in Romania in the early 20th century; the Social Democratic movement in Romania; World War I and Romanian neutrality.

Summary/Abstract: The documents published below include a part of the letters sent by Alexandrina Alexandrescu (Codreanu) to Cristian Racovski (Rakovsky) during the period between March-August 1916. The letters have been preserved in the personal fund “Кръстьо Раковски” from the Central State Archives (Централен държавен архив) in Sofia, Bulgaria. They convey important information concerning the intimate relationship between Cristian Racovski and Alexandrina Alexandrescu, who was at the time in the midst of her divorce trial with Filip Codreanu. The letters also touch upon Racovski's biography during the last months before Romania's entry into World War I and discuss the anti-war activities of the Social-Democratic circles in Romania. The documents are accompanied by an introductory essay and by detailed historical and bio-bibliographical comments

  • Issue Year: V/2013
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 387-422
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Romanian