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The historical regions of Romania are located in Southeastern Europe.[1] Romania came into being through the unification of two principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia in 1862.[2] The new unitary state extended over further regions at various times during the late 19th and 20th centuries, including Dobruja in 1878, and Transylvania in 1918.[3]
That are part of Romania today:
- Muntenia (Greater Wallachia): part of Wallachia (which united with Moldavia in 1859 to create modern Romania);
- Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia): the territory between the rivers Danube and Olt and the Southern Carpathian became part of the Principality of Wallachia in the early 14th century.[4]
- Western Moldavia: part of Moldavia (which united with Wallachia in 1859 to create modern Romania);
- Bukovina: in Romania between 1918 and World War II, today divided between Romania and Ukraine;
- Northern Dobruja: in Romania since 1878 (excepting some Danubian islands and the Snake Island which were incorporated in the USSR in 1948, and became part of Ukraine since 1991);
Wallachia, western Moldavia, and Dobruja are sometimes referred collectively as the Regat (The Kingdom), as they formed the Romanian "Old" Kingdom before World War I.
Transylvania (the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical regions of Crișana, Maramureș, and Romanian part of Banat):
- Transylvania proper: united with Romania in 1918;
- Banat: since 1918 divided between Romania, Serbia and Hungary;
- Crișana: the region bordered by the rivers Mureș and Someș and the Apuseni Mountains became part of Romania in 1918.[5]
- Maramureș: the mountainous northwestern region became part of Romania in 1918.[6]
Transylvania is divided into several ethnographic regions.
That aren't part of Romania, but were or have to do with Romania:
- Bessarabia: Was part of Romania during the Interwar period. Today it is part of Moldova and Ukraine.
- Northern Bukovina: Was part of Romania during the Interwar period. Today it is located in the Chernivtsi Oblast (Ukraine).
- Hertza Region: Was part of Principality of Moldavia and later, Romania. It was annexed by the Soviets and is today part of Ukraine.
- Southern Dobruja: Was part of Romania after the Second Balkan War. It got annexed back into Bulgaria for a short period of time, but then it became part of Romania again until 1940.
- Transnistria Governorate: Was part of Romania during World War II. Today it is part of Ukraine and the unrecognized country of Transnistria (Moldova).
- Northern Maramuresh: Was part of the Principality of Transylvania and of the 1600-01 union of Michael the Brave. It is located in Ukraine and has a Romanian minority.
- Western Crişana: Parts of it, including its biggest city, Debrecen, were part of the Principality of Transylvania and Michael the Brave's 1600-01 union. Crişana is today split between Romania and Hungary.
- Serbian and Hungarian Banat: These parts of Banat have always had Romanian minorities. Romania had plans to annex the rest of Banat more times during history.
- Timočka Krajina (Timoc Valley): A region located in Serbia and Bulgaria. It has always had an important Romanian (Vlach) minority, which has become smaller as time went by, because of the lack of rights.
- Pokuttya: Subregion of Galicia, Ukraine. Claimed and briefly held by the Principality of Moldavia; was later occupied by Romanian troops in 1919.
- Transtisan Partium: It was part of the Principality of Transylvania. It is today located in Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia and includes the city of Košice (second biggest city of Slovakia).
See also
- History of Romania
- Michael the Brave
- Treaty of Bucharest (1916)
- Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
- Development regions of Romania
- Counties of Romania
- Movement for the unification of Romania and Moldova
- Bessarabia
- Hertza region
- Pokuttya
- Partium
- Southern Dobruja
- Transnistria Governorate
- Romanians in Bulgaria
- Romanians in Hungary
- Romanians in Serbia
- Romanians in Ukraine
References
- ^ Treptow & Popa 1996, p. 1, Map 2.
- ^ Treptow & Popa 1996, p. 13.
- ^ Treptow & Popa 1996, pp. 14–15.
- ^ Treptow & Popa 1996, p. 151.
- ^ Treptow & Popa 1996, pp. 80–81.
- ^ Treptow & Popa 1996, pp. 125–126.