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Patriotic Guards (Romania)
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The Patriotic Guards were Romanian paramilitary formations formed during the Communist era, designed to provide additional defence in case of a foreign attack.
Patriotic Guards training. The soldiers were often equipped with World War II weapons, such as the ZB vz. 30 (center).
Patriotic Guards training. The soldiers were often equipped with World War II weapons, such as the ZB vz. 30 (center).
The Patriotic Guards had to defend the national infrastructure during wartime.
The Patriotic Guards had to defend the national infrastructure during wartime.
The paramilitary formations were trained to adopt guerrilla warfare tactics in case of war.
The paramilitary formations were trained to adopt guerrilla warfare tactics in case of war.
Nicolae Ceaușescu
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Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian communist politician and statesman. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last communist leader of Romania. He was also the country's head of state from 1967 to 1989, and widely classified as a dictator, serving as President of the State Council and from 1974 concurrently as President of the Republic, until his overthrow and execution in the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, part of a series of anti-communist uprisings in Eastern Europe that year.
Official portrait, 1965
Official portrait, 1965
Arrested in 1936 when he was 18 years old, Ceaușescu was imprisoned for two years at Doftana Prison for Communist activities.
Arrested in 1936 when he was 18 years old, Ceaușescu was imprisoned for two years at Doftana Prison for Communist activities.
Ceaușescu giving a speech in 1954
Ceaușescu giving a speech in 1954
Ceaușescu with Deng Xiaoping and Leonid Brezhnev in 1965
Ceaușescu with Deng Xiaoping and Leonid Brezhnev in 1965