Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic

The Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic (Romanian: Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România), from 1948 to 1965 the Order of the Star of the Romanian People's Republic (Romanian: Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române), was the second-highest honor bestowed by the Romanian Socialist Republic (known as the Romanian People's Republic from 1947 to 1965). Established in January 1948, during the regime's first month, it came in five classes.

Recipients of its first class included Siegfried Wolfinger (1952), Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra (1953), Emil Bodnăraș, Justinian Marina, Gala Galaction (1954), Dimitrie Cuclin (1955), Simion Stoilow (1957), Alexandru Kirițescu, László Szabédi, Petre Antonescu, Cicerone Theodorescu (1958), N. Gh. Lupu, Károly Kós (1959), Tudor Arghezi (1960), Ion S. Gheorghiu, Gheorghe Macovei, Erasmus Julius Nyárády, Horia Maicu, George Oprescu, Mihail Jora, Miron Radu Paraschivescu (1961), Ion Agârbiceanu, Nicolae Profiri, Aurel Beleș, Corneliu Miklosi, Ion Jalea, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Perpessicius (1962),[1] Leontin Sălăjan (1963),[2] Nikita Khrushchev (1964),[1] and Kim Il-sung.[3]

Recipients of its second class included Alexandru Bârlădeanu,[4] Mihai Beniuc,[1] Geo Bogza, George Călinescu, George Georgescu, Athanase Joja, Barbu Lăzăreanu,[5] and Gheorghe Mihoc.[6]

Dumitru Coliu received both classes, in 1948 and 1957, respectively.[7]

Notes
  1. Cristian Vasile, Politicile culturale comuniste in timpul regimului Gheorghiu-Dej, p.81-2. Editura Humanitas, Bucharest, 2013, ISBN 978-973-50-4222-6
  2. Dobre et al., p. 529
  3. "Gifts of World People". Korea Today. No. 304–315. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1982. p. 58. ISSN 0454-4072.
  4. Dobre et al., p. 93
  5. "Acad. B. Lăzăreanu", Studii. Revistă de Istorie, Nr. 1/1957, pp. 247–248.
  6. Decretul nr. 138 din 20 aprilie 1971 al Consiliului de Stat al Republicii Socialiste România privind conferirea unor ordine ale Republicii Socialiste România, art. 5.
  7. Dobre et al., p. 168

References
  • Florica Dobre, Liviu Marius Bejenaru, Clara Cosmineanu-Mareș, Monica Grigore, Alina Ilinca, Oana Ionel, Nicoleta Ionescu-Gură, Elisabeta Neagoe-Pleșa, Liviu Pleșa, Membrii C.C. al P.C.R. (1945–1989). Dicționar. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică, 2004. ISBN 973-45-0486-X
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