ULTIMII ANI AI COMISIEI MIXTE A PRUTULUI ȘI LICHIDAREA SA (1914–1918)
THE LAST YEARS OF THE JOINT COMMISSION OF THE PRUTH AND ITS LIQUIDATION (1914–1918)

Summary/Abstract: This study presents the last years of the Joint Commission of the Pruth, the fifth international institution in the world. The introduction contains a comprehensive description of the history of the Commission from its inception to the beginning of the First World War. Founded in 1870, it ceased its activity in a unique context at the end of the war. At the beginning of the war, the navigable course of the Pruth belonged to Austria-Hungary, Romania and Russia. At the end of the war, the Pruth became an internal river of Romania, which became the successor state of Austria-Hungary and Russia in that matter. This determined the abolition of the Joint Commission of the Pruth by the unilateral decision of Romania. In Russia, statehood was disputed by several political and military factions, which led to chaos, and Austria-Hungary fell apart. The article presents the situation of the Commission during the period of Romania's neutrality, the suspension of the activity and the situation during the war. Was also analyzed the situation of Commission staff throughout the war, which was not without its ups and downs or personal dramas. It also describes the process of liquidating the Commission and transferring its assets to Romania.

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