Romania

Project by: Devan McNatt

__//**Romania** //__
===//**__Population__: 22,355,551**// === ===//**__Ethnic groups:__ Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4%**// === ===//__Religions:__ ** Eastern Orthodox 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2%**// ===

=History of Romania =

Let’s start in the earliest of years back in the old times, the time of mystery, poverty, and darkness. Romania began as a settlement of Rome back in the 2d and 3d cent A.D. After the Romans abandoned the region Romania was overrun by the ruthless Huns, Goths, Avers, and Bulgars. After many and many years of mongrel rule, an heir finally took hold of the economy and freedom of this region the Prince of Walachia. Even though he was involved in many wars in his years of rule his most important thing he did for Romania was giving it prosperity. Russia domination over Romania started during the 18th century during the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji gave Russia considerable influence over the cities of Moldavia and Walachia. Under Russia’s rule made new constitutions that gave the Boyars control in Moldavia and Walachia. During 1848 the Romanian’s rebelled against Russian rule, and other foreign dominators like Boyar. During the election of 1859 Alexander john Cuz was elected as prince of Moldavia and Walachia. Cuz freed presents and slaves, and gave them land. At the congress of Berlin in 1878, Romania gained FULL independence. In 1881 Romania was declared a kingdom.

World War I

After becoming a free kingdom Romania was still being hit with violence and peril, dew to the fact the government was not distributing the land fair enough for the lower and middle class. Due to this fact a major Peasant war happened against the government the Boyars and the Jews. (I really don’t see you the Jews are always a main target in the conflicts of this world its just unbelievable how much people go against that religion for every bad thing that happens to this world). Romania was a neutral ally in World War I. After Carol became king he turned on the Central powers and made a role in the WWI. Most o f Romania was over runned by German and Austrian solders. In February of 1918 the treaty of Bucharest; that said that Romania was at peace with the other nations.

The Fall of Romanian Communism

A Communist government, lead by Peter Groza was set up in 1945. Control over the major industries, notably petroleum, was shared with the USSR after 1945, but an agreement in 1952 ended the joint companies and Romanian regained full control. Throughout the 1990s and into the next decade the country's economy went on a down turn, as it lagged to make the switch to a market-based economy. Prices increases on normal every day items and food shortages led to people uprising, and the closing of mines set off huge strikes by miners.

 **Vlad Tepes III VLAD THE IMPALER ** **The Historical Dracula** ====Vlad's father was part of the Order of the dragon that was there to defend Christianity and defend the empire. The sign of this order was a dragon, with its wings extended hanging on a cross. Vlad's III father Vlad II was entered into this society during the 1431 due to his bravery in battle against the Turks. He wore the dragon sign and as later the ruler of Wallachia made there coins bare the dragon symbol. Vlad III was also known as Vlad the impaler because he punished his victims by impaling them on stakes, then keeping them there for the public and his enemy's to see. People think he killed between 40,000 to 100,000 victims this way.====



<span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(247,142,8); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Romania's Geography and land <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Capital city:** Bucharest Land: ** 230,340 sq. km The Carpathian Mountains that are formed across Romania from north to the southwest portion of the region. The Carpatians mountains were formes by glaciers millions of years ago. The Fagaras Mountains and Retezat Mountains are glacial lakes made when ice was trapped in a valley about 10,000 years ago that melted slowly and into lakes. In Transylvania, were formed by volcanoes near the European mass chain or the ring of fire in the europe sub continent. The last remaining volcanic lake is in these mountains is St. Ana Lake. Central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east edge of the Carpathian Mountains. and is also seperated by the Walachian Plain along the south region of Romania by Transylvanian Alps. The Carpathian mts. cover 1/3 of Romanias land. And about another 3rd are covered by hills which are covered by vinyards. The rest of the land is covered by crops like veggies. Romania has very fertile soil that they use to grow there neseisary crops. Thier is a reagion on the other side of the Carpathian Mountains that is the Dobrogea region that is separated from the rest of Romania by the Danube River. Thier is a fling of hills that are calles the stegasaurean which are older than the Carpatians. The Danube Delta is the world largest delta in the world. The end of the the Danube river is below sea level.
 * Area: ** 237,500 sq. km **
 * <span style="color: rgb(255,0,177);">Terrain: **

=<span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(255,135,0);">Culture of Romania =

The <span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(228,12,103);">Triumphal Arch was a monument built in 1922 first from wood and then covered by conrete and granite. The monument is in honor of the heros of the Romanian army who demonstrated heroism during World War I.

==<span style="font-size: 170%; color: #e40c67; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;">Romanian Cabbage Roles- was first made just to serve at church dinners it is mostly served at holiday swarehs and other celebrations. ==

CABBAGE LEAVES It is needed a cabbage which you have to cut in two and detach the leaves. On the stove, you put a pot with water to be boiled with salt and tartaric acid and then you add the cabbage leaves and you keep them about 6 - 8 minutes until the leaves can be rolled. COMPOSITION you need 1/2 hacked meat…you can use pork meat, or pork mixed with cow or only cow meat. cut an onion in small pieces and mix with the meat. Add 4-5 [|spoons] of rice, salt, black pepper, dill. You mix very well. If the composition is too hard, you can add 2 spoons of water. You take one cabbage leave and you put a teaspoon from the composition in it and then you roll it and press the ends inside so that the meat does not come out. you take a metal pot and you put on the bottom 1-2 cabbage leaves and a cup of water and then the forcemeat rolls you made. Then you dissolve a little bit of [|tomato paste] in some water and you put it above the forcemeat rolls. Add some lime juice too and then cover them with other cabbage leaves. At the end you have to put water until everything is covered. You put the pot on fire, small fire and from time to time, shake a little the pot. after 1 hour or 45 minutes try one of the rolls and if the meat is boiled, the food is ready. We use to eat it with cream or [|yogurt] above, but this everybody puts in his plate.”