CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Kurkina, Ana-Teodora |
|---|---|
| Title | The problem of the appurtenance of Dobruja region, 1913-1940: Bulgarian and Romanian methods of claiming rights over the territory |
| Summary | The focus of the current thesis is the evaluation of the propaganda strategies employed by the Romanian and the Bulgarian side in justifying their claims over Dobruja region in 1913-1940. The Dobrujan question, first emerging after the signing of the Treaty of Berlin in 1878, became a vital issue in the Romanian-Bulgarian relations once again after the second Balkan war and the Romanian occupation of the Southern part of the region, Cadrilater. A territorial exchange that followed transformed the province into the playground for the Bulgarian and Romanian nationalistic propaganda, featuring the competing state and nation-building projects, modernization programs and legitimization of the territorial rights. In the research, the process of claiming the rights is seen through the texts produced by the participants of the territorial debate from both sides. Their views are explored as important evidence reflecting the Bulgarian and Romanian policies in the region and their interactions with Great Powers. The thesis states that the result of the division of the region depended mostly not on the skills of the participants, but on the external influence that brought the end to Greater Romania and reshaped the political map after the Second World War. |
| Supervisor | Trencsenyi, Balazs |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/kurkina_ana-teodora.pdf |
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