Vasile Roaită (1914, Peșteana-Jiu, Gorj –16 February 1933,

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) was a

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n railway worker for ''

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'', shot during the

Grivița Strike of 1933 Grivița () is a district of Bucharest, Romania, centered on the Grivița Railway Yards (''Atelierele CFR Grivița''), which were and still are an important landmark within the manufacturing landscape of the city. Located near Gara de Nord, thei ...

and later touted as a

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hero under the

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Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (; 8 November 1901 – 19 March 1965) was a Romanian communist politician and electrician. He was the first Communist leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965, serving as first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party ( ...

. He is buried at the Izvorul Nou Cemetery in Bucharest. The spa town of

Eforie Sud Eforie (; historical names (for Eforie Sud): ''Băile Movilă'', ''Carmen-Sylva'', ''Vasile Roaită'') is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located about 14 kilometers south ...

on the

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coast was named in 1928 ''Carmen-Sylva'', after the pen name of Queen

Elisabeth of Romania Elisabeth of Romania (full name ''Elisabeth Charlotte Josephine Alexandra Victoria'': ro, Elisabeta a României, el, Ελισάβετ της Ρουμανίας; 12 October 1894 – 14 November 1956) was a princess of Romania and member of t ...

; the name was changed to ''Vasile Roaită'' in 1950, and stayed that way until 1962. Likewise, the village of Umbrărești-Deal in

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was named in 1933 after General

Eremia Grigorescu Eremia Teofil Grigorescu (28 November 1863 – 21 July 1919) was a Romanian artillery general during World War I, and Minister of War in the Constantin Coandă cabinet (October–November 1918). Early life Born in 1863 in the village Golășei ...

; the name was changed to ''Vasile Roaită'' in 1950, and was kept until 1996.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roaita, Vasile 1914 births 1933 deaths Deaths by firearm in Romania Romanian children Căile Ferate Române people People shot dead by law enforcement officers