BBC News - Romania sells Ceausescu luxuries from communist era

BBC News - Romania sells Ceausescu luxuries from communist era
"Ceausescu held Romania in an iron grip as communist leader from 1965 to 1989.

Diana Dochia, a Romanian art gallery curator quoted by Reuters news agency, said few young Romanians "really know what happened then".

"Furthermore, the momentum grows to think it's 'cool' to discuss communism, but the truth is that it was not 'cool' at all," she said.

Ceausescu and his wife surrounded themselves with luxuries while most Romanians struggled with poverty, power cuts and constant surveillance by the secret police."

"Romania (ⁱ/roʊˈmeɪniə/ roh-may-nee-ə; dated: Roumania;^[6] or Rumania;^[7][8] Romanian:România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a country located at the crossroads of Central andSoutheastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea.^[9] Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast and east, and Bulgaria to the south.

At 238,400 square kilometers (92,000 sq mi), Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population of the European Union with 21.9 million people.^[2] Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, the sixth largest city in the EU with about two million people."

Romania România
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Deșteaptă-te, române! Awaken thee, Romanian!
Location of Romania (dark green):   on the European continent (incl. the EU)   in the European Union
Capital (and largest city)		Bucharest 44°25′N 26°06′E
Official language(s)		Romanian
Ethnic groups (2002)		89.5% Romanians 6.6% Hungarians 2.5% Roma 2% other minorities[1]
Demonym		Romanian

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