Istoricul Gheorghe I. Brătianu despre „O enigmă și un miracol” [Articol]

Abstract

Historian Gheorghe I. Brătianu on ”An enigma and a miracle”. The Romanian-Russian relations and the geopolitical context in the Black Sea area constituted an occasion for debate in the scientific world. In this respect, in the first half of the 20th century, the work of the historian Gheorghe I. Brătianu stood out, and two monographs signed by him attract attention. First of all, it is about the “Black Sea”, in two volumes, an excellent historical and geopolitical analysis of the situation in the Pontic area, an opportunity for an interesting foray into the prehistory of relations with the Slavic peoples. The second volume “An enigma and a historical miracle: the Romanian people” is actually a response that Brătianu gives to his professor at the Sorbonne, Ferdinand Lot. It is an example of the way in which an academic dispute should be conducted, in which the arguments are the ones that should be in the foreground. It is very interesting that during the communist regime, Nicolae Ceaușescu allowed the removal of Gheorghe I. Brătianu from the index.