Nicolae Ceausescu had part of this capital built in the style of communist North Korea
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Nicolae Ceauescu - Wikipedia  Nicolae Ceauescu GColSE was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General ... Ceauescu and his wife, Elena, fled the capital in a helicopter but were captured by the ... By the mid-1930s, he had been in missions in Bucharest, Craiova, .... North Korean books on Juche were translated into Romanian and widely...
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In N. Korea, Eccentricity Well Off the Scale - Washington Post  Feb 29, 2008 ... PYONGYANG, North Korea -- In closed communist dictatorships, land-use planning often edges toward the far side of eccentricity. ... Built to ward off invaders, most became outhouses. In Romania under Nicolae Ceausescu, a historic quarter of old Bucharest was ... It has gone to the far side, and beyond.
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Pyongyang Architecture guide, North Korea - Korea Konsult  The total destruction of Pyongyang during the Korean War gave Korean architects a ... The capital had to be rebuilt, quickly, simply. ... for Romania's communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu to model much of Romanian capital ... The second style was built atop the first. ... Posters depict the correct actions for every part of life.
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Twenty-five years after Nicolae Ceausescu was executed ...  Dec 7, 2014 ... Romania's elite remained in power after the communist dictator was executed. ... Within a week Ceausescu had vanished from Bucharest and from power, his ... his second-round victory was due in part to Romanians abroad, who queued for ... made in North Korea from the ground-up shells of crustaceans.
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Inside The World's Most Ridiculously Extravagant Communist Building  May 23, 2014 ... palace of parliament interior communist architecture of Romania ... Located in downtown Bucharest, capital city of Romania, lies the enormous ... With the use of forced labour, Ceauescu built a palace bigger, more ... Look at North Korean leaders; they are known for their lavish spending on luxury goods.
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The Cold War Begins  Then the Berlin Blockade, which began in the summer of 1948 (went to May 1949) signalled the threat of ... Nevertheless, a state of civil war between communist security forces and armed opponents of ... The two other members were Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. ... The Soviet-Communist Takeover of Romania.
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Free Flashcards about DICTATORS - StudyStack  HIS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE BUCHAREST BY HELICOPTER FAILED IN 1989, AND AFTER A TRIBUNAL, HE & HIS WIFE ELENA WERE SHOT, CEAUSESCU.
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Ceausescu's Son - Foe of the People? - NYTimes.com  Dec 26, 1990 ... Mr. Ceausescu insists, though, that he is not as evil as the current Romanian ... prison, Nicu Ceausescu, the son and onetime heir apparent of this country's ... that his parents should not have been killed by the new Government. ... as the playboy crown prince of Romania's monarchy-like Communist state.
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20 Things I Learned While I Was in North Korea - Wait But Why  20 Things I Learned While I Was in North Korea ... If you merged the Soviet Union under Stalin with an ancient Chinese Empire, mixed in ..... the world that will make you enter China and think, Thank god for this land of boundless freedom! .... the US just like they generally use the term Asian to refer to people from East Asia.
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25 Years After Death, A Dictator Still Casts A Shadow In Romania ...  Dec 24, 2014 ... Nicolae Ceausescu ruled with an iron fist for 25 years until he was ... A quarter-century after his ouster, the country is still dealing with his ... And on Christmas Day in 1989, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, ... He adds: Given that Ceausescu's regime routinely killed Romanians,...
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Military occupations by the Soviet Union - Wikipedia  During World War II, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed several countries effectively ... Soviet troops (the Northern Group of Forces) were stationed in Poland from 1945 ... years, the Baltic states were occupied and illegally annexed in June 1940. ..... In February 1946 a provisional government called the North Korean...
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S. Korea unveils plan to raze Pyongyang in case of signs of nuclear ...  Sep 11, 2016 ... SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has already developed a plan to annihilate the North Korean capital of Pyongyang through intensive...
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Romanian Revolution of 1989 - Wikipedia  The Romanian Revolution (Romanian: Revoluia Romn) was a period of violent civil unrest ... Shortly after a botched public speech by Ceauescu in Bucharest ... city on 22 December with his wife, Deputy Prime Minister Elena Ceauescu. ... Captured in Trgovite, they were tried by a drumhead military tribunal on...
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Communism in Vietnam - Wikipedia  Communism in Vietnam has played a key role in the politics of Vietnam since independence. ... He participated in founding the French Communist Party and in 1924 traveled to the Soviet Union to join the Comintern. ... During the land reform, testimony from North Vietnamese witnesses suggested a ratio of one execution for...
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Nicu Ceausescu, 45, Flamboyant Son Of Romania Dictator - The ...  Sep 27, 1996 ... Nicu Ceausescu, flamboyant son of Romania's executed Communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, dies in Vienna at age 45; photo (S) ... His playboy life style, against a background of cruel poverty and shortages of food ... In September 1990 he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but he was released on...
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Bucharest - Lonely Planet  Welcome to Bucharest. Romania's capital gets a bad rap, but in fact it's dynamic, energetic and quite fun. It's where still-unreconstructed communism meets...
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The Warsaw Pact  Long before the establishment of the Warsaw Pact in 1955, the Soviet Union had molded ... While all national units had so-called Soviet advisers, some Red Army ... forces against domestic disorder or other threats to communist party rule. .... with the East European countries, concluded before the 1949 formation of NATO.
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Pyongyang - Wikipedia  Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea). Pyongyang is located on the...
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P'yongyang | national capital, North Korea | Britannica.com  P'yngyang is reputed to be the oldest city in Korea. ... When Korea finally opened its doors to foreigners in the 16th century, P'yngyang became .... The capital of North Korea, Pyongyang is said to be the oldest city on the Korean peninsula.
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Pyongyang - Wikipedia  Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .... On 25 August 1945, the 25th army of the Soviet Army entered Pyongyang, ... during which it was briefly occupied by South Korean forces from 19 October to 6 ..... Pyongyang naengmyeon was originally eaten in homes built with ondol...
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Jeopary Questions page 2254 - THE THIRD WORLD - TriviaBistro.com  WORLD CAPITALS: Construction of this planned Asian capital began in ... "The Rome of the North" is how famed sculptor Rodin described this Czech capital.