security troops: 193, 194, 197-198, 203, 206, 219 services: 232, 239 Sibu: 53 Sighisoara: 53 Sino-Soviet issue: v, 1, 27, 158, 164, 166, 167 Siretul River: 30, 31, 41 size and location (_see also_ boundaries): vii, xiv, 3, 29, 32 Slavs: 2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 49, 51, 55, 127, 151; language and culture, 50, 51, 67 social benefits: 88, 260, 262 Social Democratic Party: 19, 22, 23, 137, 142 social structure: 6, 17, 58-62 socialism (_see also_ collective farms; nationalization; Socialist Realism): v, 5, 73, 105, 151-153, 154, 198, 207, 230, 240 Socialist Party: 142 Socialist Realism: 7, 92, 93, 106 Socialist Republic of Romania: v, vii, 1, 3, 5, 28, 66, 113, 131 Socialist Unity Front: 126, 127, 135, 151, 177, 198 soils: 29, 35-36, 253, 254 Soviet Union (_see also_ Czechoslovakia; Sino-Soviet issue): 22, 23, 33, 34, 37, 54, 131, 159, 163, 164-165, 167, 172, 182, 199, 212, 216, 218, 223, 224, 275, 279; border, vii, xiv, 10, 29, 46, 217; Communist Party, 137, 156, 166; Constitution (1936), 5, 111; independence of, 1-2, 3, 5, 8, 25, 26, 27, 28, 63, 113, 129, 134, 136, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 164, 169, 211, 227, 248; influence over Romania, v, viii, 1, 5, 7, 9, 24, 76, 92, 110, 111, 137, 152, 156, 158, 198; trade, viii, 190, 250, 276, 277; World War II, 9, 20, 21 Stalin, Joseph (_see also_ Stalinism): 2, 7, 9, 25, 156 Stalinism: 2, 25, 156; de-Stalinization, 7, 92, 134-136, 157 State Committee for Prices: 115,120, 237, 239, 240 state enterprises: 80, 82, 87, 119, 120, 126, 141, 188, 194, 230, 231, 234-237, 238, 239, 242, 243, 246, 248, 281, 283; farms, 257, 258, 261-262, 267, 273; industry, 280, 283 State Inspectorate General for Product Quality: 289 State Planning Committee: 119, 120, 121, 237, 242, 243 State Security Council: 195, 197, 198 Stephan Gheorghiu Academy of Social-Political Education and the Training of Leading Cadres: 139, 144 Stephen the Great (1457-1504): 12 Stoica, Chivu: 130, 131, 133, 136 Storck, Carol: 98 Storck, Karl: 98 students (_see also_ schools): 73, 80, 86, 87, 148; organizations, 77, 78, 80, 87, 199, 200 suffrage: 126 sugar beet: 255, 256, 272 Superior Council of Agriculture: 256, 257 Supreme Court: viii, 109, 112, 116, 118, 122, 124, 201, 223 Szeklers: 13, 52, 53 Szekelys. _See_ Szeklers _tambal_: 100 TAROM. _See_ Romanian Air Transport Tatars: 3, 4, 11, 12, 50, 51, 72 Tattarescu, Gheorghe: 97 taxation: 233, 239, 241, 245 teachers: 78, 79, 82, 83, 88, 154; training, 75, 76, 77, 82, 84, 85, 87-88, 89, 144 technical/vocational education: viii, 6, 7, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 87, 145, 284 television: ix, 54, 101, 152, 175, 176, 177, 182, 184-185, 288 text books: 2, 78, 80, 82 textiles: 95, 284, 288 theater: 53, 101-102, 105, 152 Thracians. _See_ Dacians timber: 277-278, 288 Timisoara: 44, 193 Tirgu Mures: 44, 52