1, 182, 183, 219

Aslan, Ana: 107

atheism: 5

Aurelian, Emperor: 11, 50

Austria (_see also_ Austro-Hungarian Empire): 20, 24, 33, 46, 54

Austro-Hungarian Empire (_see also_ Habsburgs; Hungary): 9, 13, 14, 18,
33, 37

automobiles (_see also_ traffic): 42, 203-204, 288

Avars: 11

Baia-Mare: 44, 52

Balaga, Lucian: 106

Balcescu, Nicolae: 104

Balkans: 22, 29, 163, 167, 170, 171, 185, 211;
history, 3, 9, 10

Banat: 10, 11, 32, 254;
population, 52, 53, 55

Banks for Agriculture and the Food Industry: 242, 243, 244, 267-268

banks and banking (_see also_ individual banks): 110, 242-246

Bessarabia: 18, 20, 37, 54, 55, 212

Bihor Massif: 30, 31

birth control: 39

birth rate: 39-40, 57

Black Forest: 34

Black Sea: vii, xiv, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 46, 47, 48, 216, 217, 218,
224, 276;
history, 10

Bokassa, Jean Bebel, president of the Central African Republic: 172

Book Central: 187, 188

Boris, Tsar: 11

boundaries, national (_see also_ individual neighboring countries):
vii, xiv, 9, 29, 32, 37-38, 211

Braila: 48

Brancusi, Constantin: 98

Brasov: 38, 44, 53, 102, 182

Brezhnev, Leonid: 165;
doctrine, 28, 159, 160, 164, 165

Brincoveanu, Constantin, Prince: 100

Bucharest: viii, xiv, 10, 15, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 67, 70, 147, 148, 155,
163, 207, 214, 221, 254, 263;
cultural, 67, 91, 96, 97, 98, 104, 107;
government, 122, 123, 125;
history, 16, 18, 19, 21;
information, 177, 181, 182, 186, 188, 189;
politics, 139, 141, 142, 147;
population, 38, 41, 54;
security, 195, 213, 216;
transport, 43, 44, 47

Bucharest Declaration: 168, 218

budget: 41, 112, 116, 120, 240-241, 248, 286;
local, 126

Bukovina: 10, 18, 20, 33, 37, 71, 72, 212

Bulgaria: 7, 37, 165-166, 167, 172, 182, 218, 219, 276, 278, 279;
border, vii, xiv, 10, 29, 32, 48, 216, 217;
history, 11, 20, 212

canals: ix, 29, 31, 46

Cantemir, Dimitrie: 104

capital punishment: 205

Carol I, King: 16, 17, 18

Carol II, King: 19, 20, 21, 175

Carpathian Mountains: vii, 29, 30, 31, 47, 94;
history, 11, 50

Ceausescu, Nicolae: 1, 2, 3, 27, 28, 93, 109, 113, 118, 119, 124-125,
127, 129, 130, 131-134, 136, 139, 140, 142, 144, 148, 149, 150, 151,
152, 153, 154, 184, 206, 213;
foreign relations, 7-8, 28, 132, 155, 156, 159, 160, 162, 164, 165,
166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172-173