Alexandru Averescu
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Alexandru Averescu was a Romanian marshal, diplomat and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets. He first rose
Averescu c. 1916
General Averescu
The Romanian Front in late 1916-early 1917
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The People's Party, originally People's League, was an eclectic, essentially populist, mass movement in Romania. Created by World War I hero Alexandru Averescu, it identified itself with the new polit
Alexandru Averescu
…with violence. Credited with engineering the defense of Moldavia in the 1916–1917 Campaign, he built on his popularity to found and lead the successful People's Party, which he brought to power in 1920–1921, with backing from King Ferdinand I and the National Liberal Party (PNL), and with the notable participation…
Alexandru Averescu
An overconfident headline of Îndreptarea, the League's main newspaper, after the election of 1919. It reads: "Elections under the Military Dictatorship. Defeat for the Brătianu Dynasty"
The two faces of 1920 in Romania: "The Russian Bane", as depicted in a right-wing pamphlet...
... and Queuing for Bread, by the left-leaning artist Nicolae Tonitza.