From peasant agriculture to collectivization and forced industrializa-tion during the communist period through land dispossession: a piece of history, present status and outlook in Turceni region, Romania

The process of collectivization and industrialization in communist Romania that took place between 1949–1989 led to radical political, social, and economic changes. In the countryside, peasants lost their lands that became the property of the communist state. Some dispossessed lands were used for th...

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Published in:Geographical phorum 2024-07, Vol.XXIII (1), p.99-116
Main Authors: Cornescu, Mariana Daniela Mărăcine, Voiculescu, Mircea, Drăgan, Alexandru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Agriculture
Coal mining
Coal-fired power plants
Construction
Displaced persons
Economic change
Economics
Farms
Industrial development
Landowners
Mines
Peasants
Plant layout
Power plants
Rural areas
Thermal power
Thermal power plants
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Summary:The process of collectivization and industrialization in communist Romania that took place between 1949–1989 led to radical political, social, and economic changes. In the countryside, peasants lost their lands that became the property of the communist state. Some dispossessed lands were used for the construction of large-scale industrial projects such as coal-fired power plants. This was the case when land was needed for the construction of the Turceni Thermal Power Plant located in southern Romania.Our study follows the general development of the historical and socio-economic situation of the communist period. In addition, we focused on the perception of dispossessed people regarding the status of owned or inherited lands, the process of restitution through the application of post-communist land reforms, the current situation of dispossessed lands, the forms of protests, and of the existence of the degree of attachment to the agricultural land.
ISSN:1583-1523
2067-4635
DOI:10.5775/fg.2024.1.3619