Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON): iv, 1, 2, 8, 26, 27, 150, 156, 157-158, 159, 161, 164, 168, 169, 172, 173, 174, 247, 249-250, 275 Council of Romanian Radio and Television: 182, 184 Council on Socialist Culture and Education: 94, 120, 176, 181, 186, 189 Council of State: vii, 109, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117-119, 121, 122, 124, 125, 133, 140, 161, 162, 230, 240, 256, 289 Council of State Security: 119, 120, 121 counter-subversion: ix, 194, 202, 205 county. _See judet_ courts: viii, 115, 122-124, 194, 200, 205, 206-207; military, 223 credit policies: 242, 245-246, 260, 266, 267-269 crime (_see also_ penal system): 193, 194, 196, 199, 201-203, 205, 206, 223, 257 Crimean War: 16 _Crisana_: 10, 32, 179 cultural activity (_see also_ architecture; arts and the artists; folk culture; literature; music; painting; sculpture): 4, 7, 12, 14, 41, 52, 53, 54, 85, 87, 91, 92, 152 cultural influences: 4, 7, 12, 14-15, 50, 51, 62, 63, 69, 76, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106; nationalism, 7, 92, 97, 102, 104 currency (_see also_ exchange): 246-247 Cuza, Alexander: 16 Cyrillic alphabet: 14 Czechoslovakia: xiv, 20, 21, 30, 46, 163, 165, 172, 182, 190, 218, 224, 250, 278; invasion of, 7, 9, 28, 119, 135, 150, 154, 159, 164, 165, 166, 170, 172, 211, 218 Dacia (_see also_ Dacians): 3, 11, 50, 67, 99 _Dacia Literata_: 104 Dacians (_see also_ Dacia; Daco-Romans): 2, 10, 11, 14, 50 Daco-Romans: 3 Danube River: 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43, 45-46, 47, 48, 55, 167, 216, 217, 254, 279; history, 10, 11, 12, 99 death rate: 39 defense (_see also_ armed forces; security): 116, 195, 241; Commission, 117 Defence Council: 115, 118, 121, 133, 135, 140, 173, 213, 214 Densus: 99 Department of Cults: 5, 66 _Description of Moldavia_: 104 divorce: 57, 58 Dobruja: vii, 31, 32, 33, 34, 72, 99, 253; history, 10, 20, 37; population, 41, 55 Dogmatic Period: 92, 93 Dragan, Mircea: 103 Draghici, Alexandru: 130, 131, 134 droughts: 254 Dubcek, Alexander: 165 Eastern Europe: v, 8, 68, 94, 110, 155, 156, 158, 165, 166, 169, 172, 173, 182, 216, 218, 262; economic relations, viii, 26, 170, 248 Eastern Orthodox Church (_see also_ Romanian Orthodox Church): 11, 13, 14, 53, 67, 99 Economic Council: 115, 119 economic development (_see also_ Five Year Plan): viii, 6, 8, 17, 61, 73, 119, 149-150, 156, 161, 242; plans, 234-237, 242 economy (_see also_ agriculture; economic development; finance; industry): v, viii, 8, 24, 25, 26, 42, 112, 113, 116, 120, 132, 133, 149, 158, 174, 226-227, 229-237; Commission, 117