Ion C. Bratianu, dubbed the most important Romanian politician of the 19th century, fathered a big family. The Bratianus gave Romania the second generation of exceptional politicians, who would make the family much bigger after 1918, after he and his brother had laid its foundation.Ion C. Bratianu and his wife Pia had 8 children: Florica, Sabina, Ion, Constantin, Vintilă, Maria, Tatiana and Pia. The second-born, Sabina, was the most influential member of the family, who would be listened to even by her powerful brother, Ionel Bratianu, the most important Romanian politician of the second half of the 20th century. Known as the Bratianus big sister, Sabina, turned Cantacuzino by marriage, was a woman of deep intellectual interests and also a social activist.She was born in 1863 in Florica, at the family residence in Arges County, 90 km west of Bucharest. She attended the Sfantu Sava High School in Bucharest and in 1885, a few years after graduation, she got married to doctor Constantin
At the end of WWI, the world was in search mode. It was searching for peace, for a better world, but at the same time searching for a way to restore the old order of things. Old and new ideas were clashing. In that tumult, revolutionary ideas seemed to many as the best idea. The war had generated great hardships, and radical solutions had gained ground, as had the Bolshevik revolutions in Russia, Hungary, and Germany. Against this background, in the center of Bucharest on 13 December 1918, a labor strike by workers in print shops would come to a tragic conclusion. 6 were left dead and 15 wounded when the army intervened against people demanding their rights.
Of course, this brief description merits explanation, and historian Ioan Scurtu brings it to us:
“In Bucharest, the headquarters of the Socialist Party was right in the center of the city, behind the Kretzulescu Church. The workers started marching from there, aiming to reach the Royal Palace. Firs
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