Blaj and the Great Union. Pages from the activity of the Romanian National Council from Blaj (november 1918- february 1919)

• Main Author: Mihai-Octavian Groza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and Culture of Romanian People (ASTRA), Năsăud Department, Salva Circle 2019-07-01
• Series: Astra Salvensis
• Subjects: Transylvania; 1918; Great Union; Romanian National Council; Romanian National Guard
• Online Access: https://astrasalvensis.eu/blog/mdocs-posts/07-mihai-octavian-groza-blaj-and-the-great-union-pages-from-the-activity-of-the-romanian-national-council-from-blaj-november-1918-february-1919/
• ISSN: 2344-1887; 2393-4727

The activity of the Romanian national councils, from Lower Alba county and the activity of the Romanian National Council of Blaj are extended and of great interest. Regarding the events that preceded the Great Union of 1918, historians have written extensively both general and particular works, addressing different viewpoints, studying this exceptional episode of our national history. Our approach is intended to be a short introduction of the tense atmosphere from the end of the year 1918 and an analysis of the activity of the Romanian National Council of Blaj. Such research topics were subjects for historians, as Marcel Ştirban and Viorica Lascu, especially with the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Great Union (1968). However, during the last half century this subject was abandoned. Gradually historians returned to this topic, mainly because we are approaching the 2018 moment (centenary of the Great Union). In this context we intend to bring our humble contribution to the existing knowledge of the activity of this organism, by reinterpreting the studies and the papers, published so far.