Historical place archive

Bucharest in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Bucharest in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records4 event labels5 people1812–1956

Historical events in Bucharest

1812

28 May 1812
Treaty of Bucharest
Alexander I · Russia War

The Treaty of Bucharest ends war with the Ottoman Empire and transfers Bessarabia to Russia.

1828

May 1828
Capture of Bucharest
Peter Wittgenstein · Russia-Turkey War

The Russian Commander in Chief, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, moves into Wallachia and captures Braila and captures Bucharest without difficulty

1939

1939
Conference of Bucharest
Maxim Maximovich Litvinov · Government of Russia

Suggests a 4 power conference to defend Rumania after the German invasion of Prague. Litvinovs suggestion for a conference is rejected

1944

31 August 1944
Capture of Bucharest
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov · World War, 2nd

The Soviet Army enters Bucharest capital of Romania

31 August 1944
Capture of Bucharest
Joseph Stalin · World War, 2nd

Russian forces enter Bucharest

1948

1948
Cominform
Joseph Stalin · Government of Russia

After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the group the seat is moved to Bucharest, Romania

1956

17 April 1956
Cominform
Joseph Stalin · Government of Russia

The Cominform is dissolved after the Soviet rapprochement with Yugoslavia and the process of De-Stalinization

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Bucharest. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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