Soviet Occupation of Romania, Hungary, and Austria 1944/45–1948/49 / / ed. by Csaba Békés, Ottmar Trasca, Peter Ruggenthaler, László Borhi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Borhi, László,; Békés, Csaba,; Ruggenthaler, Peter,; Traşcă, Ottmar,
• HerausgeberIn: Borhi, László,; Békés, Csaba,; Ruggenthaler, Peter,; Trasca, Ottmar,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)

This book compares the various aspects – political, military economic – of Soviet occupation in Austria, Hungary and Romania. Using documents found in Austrian, Hungarian, Romanian and Russian archives the authors argue that the nature of Soviet foreign policy has been misunderstood. Existing literature has focused on the Soviet foreign policy from a political perspective; when and why Stalin made the decision to introduce Bolshevik political systems in the Soviet sphere of influence. This book will show that the Soviet conquest of East-Central Europe had an imperial dimension as well and allowed the Soviet Union to use the territory it occupied as military and economic space. The final dimension of the book details the tragically human experiences of Soviet occupation: atrocities, rape, plundering and deportations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Documents -- Romania -- No. 1: Memorandum on Atrocities Committed by Soviet Troops, September 12, 1944 -- No. 2: Note on Soviet Abuses, September 13, 1944 -- No. 3: Romanian–Soviet Memorandum regarding Romanian Participation in the War against Germany and Hungary, September 28, 1944 -- No. 4: Report No. 30.001 from the Intelligence Service (SI) of the War Ministry Presented to the Minister of War, General Mihail Racovitză, on the Surveillance of the SI’s Activities and Personnel by Special Soviet Authorities, October 4, 1944 -- No. 5: Romanian Note to the ACC regarding the Implementation of the Armistice Agreement, November 11, 1944 -- No. 6: Report on the Interrogation of Intelligence Officers by SMERSH regarding Romanian Intelligence Activities on the Eastern Front, October 12, 1944 -- No. 7: Letter by the Deputy Chairman of the Allied Control Commission in Romania, Lieutenant-General V.P. Vinogradov, to the President of the Council of Ministers, Army Corps Adjutant General Constantin Sănătescu, regarding the Armistice Agreement, November 2, 1944 -- No. 8: Note by Marshal Rodion Malinovskii on the Administration of Northern Transylvania, November 20, 1944 -- No. 9: Order of the Allied Control Commission in Romania on Relations between the Red Army and the Romanian Authorities, November 29, 1944 -- No. 10: Note regarding Conduct of Police and Gendarmerie Personnel vis-à-vis Representatives of the Soviet Armed Forces, February 2, 1945 -- No. 11: Note by Chief of Staff Army Corps Adjutant General Constantin Sănătescu to Lieutenant-General Vinogradov regarding Disarmament of Romanian Units, March 5, 1945 -- No. 12: Report to L.P. Beria on the Political Situation in Romania, March 5, 1945 -- No. 13: Agreement of Economic Cooperation between the Kingdom of Romania and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, May 8, 1945 -- No. 14: Memorandum of Agreement on Economic Cooperation between the Kingdom of Romania and the USSR, May 8, 1945 -- No. 15: Romanian Position on the Establishment of a Joint Romanian-Soviet Timber Company, Undated [1945] -- No. 16: Note by General Vinogradov to Minister of Internal Affairs Teohari Georgescu regarding the Quartering of Soviet Troops, December 6, 1945 -- No. 17: Meeting of the Council of Ministers regarding the Establishment of the Soviet-Romanian Forestry Company, February 14, 1946 -- No. 18: Report of the Meeting between Stalin and the Romanian Communist Party Leaders on the Situation in Romania, April 2–3, 1946, Moscow, April 2–3, 1946 -- No. 19: Transcript of Meeting of Romanian–Soviet Commission of Economic Cooperation, January 28, 1947 -- No. 20: Aide-memoire Drafted by British Oil Companies Operating in Romania [Excerpt], April 15, 1947 -- No. 21: Note regarding Soviet Claims on Formerly German- Owned Insurance Companies, April 1948 -- No. 22: Soviet and Romanian Speeches Delivered on the Occasion of Signing Agreements on Joint Soviet–Romanian Companies in Bucharest, November 1, 1948 -- No. 23: Founding the Soviet–Romanian Film Company, Sovrom Film, August 9, 1947 -- No. 24: Transcript of CC Romanian Workers’ Party Session regarding the Fate of Sovroms [Excerpts], March 7, 1953 -- Hungary -- No. 25: Letter by the Archbishop of Szatmár to the Apostolic Nuncio on Soviet Deportations from Hungarian Territory, January 25, 1945 -- No. 26: Letter by the Lord Lieutenant of Szabolcs and Ung Counties to the Minister of Interior on the Roundup of Civilians, January 25, 1945 -- No. 27: Letter to the Foreign Ministry on Behalf of an Individual Deported by the Soviets, Undated [1945] -- No. 28: Letter to the Foreign Ministry regarding the Soviet Deportation of Civilians, Undated [1945] -- No. 29: Report to the Sixth Hungarian Army Headquarters on Soviet Deportations, May 24, 1945 -- No. 30: Note regarding Soviet Removal of United Incandescent Bulb and Electrical Company, June 22, 1945 -- No. 31: Memorandum by the Allied Control Commission regarding Provisions for the Red Army for the Fourth Quarter of 1945, Undated [1945] -- No. 32: The Hungarian Foreign Ministry’s Note Verbale to the ACC and Georgii Pushkin, the Soviet Representative in Hungary, July 9, 1945 -- No. 33: Note by the Ministry of Defense Requesting Foreign Ministry Intervention on Behalf of Deported Persons, August 1, 1945 -- No. 34: Agreement on the Establishment of Hungarian– Soviet Bauxite-Aluminum Companies, April 8, 1946 -- No. 35: Report of Mátyás Rákosi at the Meeting of the HCP Central Committee, May 17, 1946 -- No. 36: Note by the Supreme Economic Council on Provisioning and Quartering the Soviet Army, November 19, 1946 -- No. 37: Memorandum on the Economic and Financial Situation of Hungary, May 17, 1947 -- No. 38: Memorandum on Expenses Related to the Maintenance of the Soviet Army, March 8, 1948 -- No. 39: Transcript of Soviet–Hungarian Negotiations regarding Payment of Services Rendered for the Soviet Occupation Forces, May 1949 -- No. 40: Briefing by the Main Administration of Prisoners of War and Internees of the Interior Ministry of the Soviet Union on Hungarian Prisoners of War, December 20, 1949 -- Austria -- No. 41: NKVD Decree regarding Struggle against Saboteurs, Spies, and Bandits, [April 28, 1942] -- No. 42: Report by M.M. Litvinov to V.M. Molotov regarding the Soviet Position on Germany and Its Allies in Europe [Excerpts], October 9, 1943 -- No. 43: Appeal by Austrian Prisoners of War in the USSR to the Austrian People, January 1945 -- No. 44: Speech by NKVD Brigadier I. Pavlov regarding Espionage Activity, March 1945 -- No. 45: Stavka Directive on the Publication of an Appeal to the Austrian Public, April 2, 1945 -- No. 46: Stavka Directive on Karl Renner, April 4, 1945 -- No. 47: Report by L. Beria to G. Malenkov on the Austrian Oil Industry, April 13, 1945 -- No. 48: Telegram by Marshal F. Tolbukhin to I.V. Stalin regarding a Temporary Government for Austria, April 15, 1945 -- No. 49: Telegram by Fyodor Tolbukhin to I.V. Stalin on Meeting with Karl Renner, April 21, 1945 -- No. 50: Operational Plan for Securing Rear of the Third Ukrainian Front by NKVD Troops [Excerpts], May 3, 1945 -- No. 51: NKVD Order regarding Alcohol Abuse by Red Army Personnel, May 13, 1945 -- No. 52: Minutes of Meeting of Soviet Military Representatives and Communist Members of the Austrian Government, May 16, 1945 -- No. 53: Order by the Fourth Guard Army regarding Summer Routine, May 21, 1945 -- No. 54: NKVD Report on the Investigation and Arrest of Austrians, June 4, 1945 -- No. 55: NKVD Directive regarding Ideological Training among the Third Ukrainian Front Staff, July 4, 1945 -- No. 56: A. Vyshinskii’s Telegram to Marshal Konev regarding Elections in Austria, November 21, 1945 -- No. 57: Draft Decree by the Council of Ministers on the Transfer of Austrian Assets to the Soviet Union, March 1946 -- No. 58: Memorandum by Kiselev on the Political Situation in Austria, June 5, 1946 -- No. 59: Report on the Moral Discipline of MVD Troops in Austria, October 10, 1946 -- No. 60: Letter from the Chief of GUPVI M. Krivenko, to the Minister of the Interior, S. Kruglov, on the Repatriation of 5,000 Austrians, January 20, 1947 -- No. 61: From the Personal File of an Austrian POW, February 9, 1947 -- No. 62: The GOSPLAN’s Report to V. Molotov on Dismantling in Austria, March 7, 1947 -- No. 63: Order by the Deputy Minister of the Interior, I. Serov, on the Repatriation of Austrian POWs, November 8, 1947 -- No. 64: Military Order by the Central Army Group Command on the Burial of Soviet Troops Killed in Action, November 13, 1947 -- No. 65: Report by the Military Commander of Burgenland on Family Members of Military Personnel, January 20, 1948 -- No. 66: Final Report by the Soviet Section of the AC on Austria for 1947—Summary, Undated [not before January 1948] -- No. 67: Record of Conversation between A.A. Zhdanov and the Leader of the Communist Party of Austria, Johann Koplenig, and Friedl Fürnberg, February 13, 1948 -- No. 68: Report by Smirnov to A. Vyshinskii on the Soviet Position on the Austrian Treaty, Undated [after May 6, 1948] -- No. 69: Resolution by the Council of Ministers of the Politburo of the CC of the VKP(b), on the Repatriation of Austrian POWs, June 23, 1948 -- No.

70: Report on Setting up a Christmas Tree at the Soviet Command Post in Rohrbach, January 4, 1949 -- No. 71: Report by V. Merkulov to I.V. Stalin on the Employment of Experts after Foreign Assignment, June 11, 1949 -- No. 72: Report by V. Merkulov to I.V. Stalin on the Value of Oil Deposits in Austria, September 23, 1949 -- No. 73: Report by A. Gromyko to I. Stalin on the Status of Negotiations on the Austrian State Treaty, October 21, 1949 -- No. 74: Resolution by the CC CPSU Politburo on the Interruption of Austrian State Treaty Talks, October 24, 1949 -- No. 75: Report by the Soviet Political Representative in Austria, A. Koptelov, on the Effect of the Marshall Plan on Austria, June 10, 1950 -- Index of Geographical Names -- Index of Personal Names