124, 133, 140, 147, 161, 162, 176, 195, 198, 200, 214, 230, 240,
241, 243, 244, 256

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON): iv, 1, 2, 8, 26, 27,
150, 156, 157-158, 159, 161, 164, 168, 169, 172, 173, 174, 247,
249-250, 275

Council of Romanian Radio and Television: 182, 184

Council on Socialist Culture and Education: 94, 120, 176, 181, 186, 189

Council of State: vii, 109, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117-119, 121, 122, 124,
125, 133, 140, 161, 162, 230, 240, 256, 289

Council of State Security: 119, 120, 121

counter-subversion: ix, 194, 202, 205

county. _See judet_

courts: viii, 115, 122-124, 194, 200, 205, 206-207;
military, 223

credit policies: 242, 245-246, 260, 266, 267-269

crime (_see also_ penal system): 193, 194, 196, 199, 201-203, 205, 206,
223, 257

Crimean War: 16

_Crisana_: 10, 32, 179

cultural activity (_see also_ architecture; arts and the artists; folk
culture; literature; music; painting; sculpture): 4, 7, 12, 14, 41,
52, 53, 54, 85, 87, 91, 92, 152

cultural influences: 4, 7, 12, 14-15, 50, 51, 62, 63, 69, 76, 93, 95,
96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106;
nationalism, 7, 92, 97, 102, 104

currency (_see also_ exchange): 246-247

Cuza, Alexander: 16

Cyrillic alphabet: 14

Czechoslovakia: xiv, 20, 21, 30, 46, 163, 165, 172, 182, 190, 218, 224,
250, 278;
invasion of, 7, 9, 28, 119, 135, 150, 154, 159, 164, 165, 166, 170,
172, 211, 218

Dacia (_see also_ Dacians): 3, 11, 50, 67, 99

_Dacia Literata_: 104

Dacians (_see also_ Dacia; Daco-Romans): 2, 10, 11, 14, 50

Daco-Romans: 3

Danube River: 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43, 45-46, 47, 48, 55,
167, 216, 217, 254, 279;
history, 10, 11, 12, 99

death rate: 39

defense (_see also_ armed forces; security): 116, 195, 241;
Commission, 117

Defence Council: 115, 118, 121, 133, 135, 140, 173, 213, 214

Densus: 99

Department of Cults: 5, 66

_Description of Moldavia_: 104

divorce: 57, 58

Dobruja: vii, 31, 32, 33, 34, 72, 99, 253;
history, 10, 20, 37;
population, 41, 55

Dogmatic Period: 92, 93

Dragan, Mircea: 103

Draghici, Alexandru: 130, 131, 134

droughts: 254

Dubcek, Alexander: 165

Eastern Europe: v, 8, 68, 94, 110, 155, 156, 158, 165, 166, 169, 172,
173, 182, 216, 218, 262;
economic relations, viii, 26, 170, 248

Eastern Orthodox Church (_see also_ Rom