Monarchs, fascists & communists: Romania’s modern history
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Chachesku, the First Commonest Leader of Romania
Chauchesku was one of the dominant figures in romania for several decades. But he wasn't necessarily the most obvious candidate for leadership initially, was he? Ei wasn't. There were probably seven or eight individuals who could have taken over when cogo des got canser and they knew that he was on his way out. The list wasn't a very impressive one. And so we end up with six, seven, eight people there, most of whom are very poorly educated. So it was celebrated to be ignorant, to be somebody uneducated. That was chauchesku. He was not educated and could barely read at the beginning. I mean, he did thee become
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