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Radu Mironovici
Radu Mironovici (30 July 1899 – 29 July 1979) was a founding member of the Legionary Movement, a far-right movement in Romania. Early life and education Radu Mironovici was born on 30 July 1899 in Arbore, a commune then located within the Duchy of Bukovina, at the time under Habsburg rule within the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today located in Suceava County, Romania). During World War I, he fled to Iași in the historical region of Moldavia (and from 1916–1918, the capital of Romania). There he enrolled as a student of electrical engineering at the University of Iași. During his studies he met and became close with Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, a young member of A. C. Cuza's National-Christian Defense League ("LANC"); he was also close with several other antisemitic student activists. He served as general secretary of the "'Avram Iancu' Academic Society" and was a reserve officer. Political activism During his time as a student in Iași, Mironovici became involved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Guard
The Iron Guard ( ro, Garda de Fier) was a Romanian militant revolutionary fascist movement and political party founded in 1927 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu as the Legion of the Archangel Michael () or the Legionnaire Movement (). It was strongly anti-democratic, anti-capitalist, anti-communist, and anti-Semitic. It differed from other European right-wing movements of the period due to its spiritual basis, as the Iron Guard was deeply imbued with Romanian Orthodox Christian mysticism. In March 1930, Codreanu formed the Iron Guard as a paramilitary branch of the Legion, which in 1935 changed its official name to the "Totul pentru Țară" party—literally, "Everything for the Country". It existed into the early part of the Second World War, during which time it came to power. Members were called Legionnaires or, outside of the movement, "Greenshirts" because of the predominantly green uniforms they wore. When Marshal Ion Antonescu came to power in September 1940, he brought the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
