THE WORK OF ROYAL STUDENT TEAMS IN DOBRUDJA VILLAGES
THE WORK OF ROYAL STUDENT TEAMS IN DOBRUDJA VILLAGES

Summary/Abstract: At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Romania was in a phase of political and social transition and registered significant demographic growth. Demographic growth altered the social structure and centralized it due to the high demand for agricultural land and the political decision-making process concentrated in the hands of the elite landowners and state bureaucracy. The social and economic realities described above prompted the institutions of the political system to mobilize large communities of inhabitants from different Romanian provinces to inhabit the empty settlements of Dobrudja. We may conclude that strong economic and geopolitical considerations created the imperative of Dobrudja's romanianization and colonization immediately after 1878 when Berlin decided the province should return to Romania.

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