Teofil Oroian (born September 20, 1947) is a

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officer and military historian.

Biography

He was born in Chimitelnic (today Cipăieni), in

Mureș County Mureș County (, ro, Județul Mures, hu, Maros megye) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative ...

. He graduated from the Ştefan cel Mare Military High-School in Câmpulung Moldovenesc in 1966 and from the Nicolae Bălcescu Military School of Active Officers in

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in 1969. In 1981 he graduated with degrees in History and Philosophy from the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princel ...

. In November 1996, he earned a

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degree in military science on military history. Oroian was an associate and assistant professor at the NCO Military Engineering School between 1977 and 1981 and at the

Carol I National Defence University The Carol I National Defence University ( ro, Universitatea Națională de Apărare "Carol I" (UNAp)) is an institution of higher education, located in Bucharest, Romania. It was established in 1889 by Ștefan Fălcoianu under the name Higher War ...

between 1981 and 1994. Between 1994 and 2002 he was first officer, bureau chief and chief adjunct of Military Archivistic Service (today Military Service for Archives and Documentation). Since February 28, 2002 he is

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. He has published numerous studies and articles in history and military science journals. He has also authored several books and co-authored a short movie scenario.

Works

* PhD thesis, ''Acţiuni militare desfăşurate de trupele române în Kuban şi Crimeea, 1943–1944'', 1996 * ''Şefii Marelui Statului Major Român (1941–1945). Destine la răscruce'', Editura Militară, Bucharest, 1995 * Petre Otu, Teofil Oroian, and Emil Ion, ''Personalităţi ale gândirii militare româneşti'', vol. I-II, Editura Academiei de Înalte Studii Militare, Bucharest, 1997–2001. * ''Tentaţia libertăţii. Operaţiunea "Sumava" (1968) – un simplu pretext'', Editura Militară, Bucharest, 1999 * ''Hitler – Antonescu. Caucazul şi Crimeea'', Editura Paideia, Bucharest, 1999 * Colonel Petre Brătilă, Teofil Oroian, Dumitru Dobre, ''Personalităţi ale medicinei militare româneşti'', Editura Romcartexim, Bucharest, 1999. * ''Golgota Estului (iulie 1942 – martie 1944)'', Editura Fundaţiei Culturale Române, Bucharest, 2000 * Teofil Oroian and Gheorghe Nicolescu, ''Şefii Statului Major General Român (1859–2000)'', Editura Europa Nova, Bucharest, 2001. * ''Comandanţi ai Corpului 7 Armată'', Editura Modelism, Dej, 2001 * co-authored the scenario of the short movie ''Memoria Oştirii. Arhivele Militare Române'', Studioul Cinematografic al Armatei, 2001

References

*''Dosarele Istoriei'', 12(88)/2003, p. 23 Romanian military historians Academic staff of Carol I National Defence University Romanian Land Forces officers People from Mureș County University of Bucharest alumni Living people 1947 births {{romania-historian-stub