The Bucharest before 80’s demolitions

The Bucharest before 80’s demoliti...

  Rahova-Cosbuc cinema Via:...
Windows through the time . Bucharest 1989 – 2013

Windows through the time . Bucharest 198...

          Via: Adevarul...
Mircea The Great – Ceausescu’s Yacht . Part II

Mircea The Great – Ceausescu’s Yacht . P...

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Mircea The Great – Ceausescu’s Yacht

Mircea The Great – Ceausescu’...

The boat is a passenger usage type . Itsurpose is to fulfil special missions on the rivers . Maximum length is 95.74m and the maximum speed is 36.4 Km/h with all three engines  at 1000 rot/min .  Mircea The Great it was build specially for Nicolae Ceausescu’s usage . Presidential couple  did enjoyed just only once the luxury of this yacht . After the 1989 revolution , the yacht was renamed  in ” Mures ” . Now it is docked in Braila and can be rented for 600 euros per hour...
Memories from communism. Part IV – 1975 flooding

Memories from communism. Part IV –...

In 1975 there have been some of the most devastating floods in modern Romania , many localities being affected.       Via : Communismul in Romania  
1977 Vrancea earthquake

1977 Vrancea earthquake

The 1977 Vrancea Earthquake occurred on Friday, 4 March 1977, 21:20 local time and was felt throughout the Balkans. It had a magnitude of 7.2 with an epicenter in Vrancea (in the Eastern Carpathians) at a depth of 94 kilometers. The earthquake killed about 1,578 people (1,424 in Bucharest), and wounded more than 11,300. Nicolae Ceausescu suspended his official trip to Nigeria.   Via: Communism in...
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