The Order of the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania ( ro, Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România), from 1948 to 1965 the Order of the Star of the Romanian People's Republic ( ro, Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române), was the second-highest honor bestowed by the
Socialist Republic of Romania (known as the
Romanian People's Republic
The Socialist Republic of Romania ( ro, Republica Socialistă România, RSR) was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989. From 1947 to 1965, the state was known as the Romanian Peopl ...
from 1947 to 1965). Established on 12 January 1948, during the regime's first month, it came in five classes:
Recipients
Recipients of its first class included
Siegfried Wolfinger (1952),
Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra
Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra (25 August 1873 – 19 September 1961) was a Romanian actress and acting teacher. She is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Romanian theater.
In addition to her acting career, she played ...
(1953),
Emil Bodnăraș
Emil Bodnăraș (10 February 1904 – 24 January 1976) was a Romanian communist politician, an army officer, and a Soviet agent, who had considerable influence in the Romanian People's Republic.''Final Report'', p. 646
Early life
Bodnăraș was ...
,
Justinian Marina
Justinian Marina (; born Ioan Marina ) (February 2, 1901, in Suiești, Vâlcea County – March 26, 1977, in Bucharest) was a Romanian Orthodox prelate. He was the third patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, serving between 1948 and 1977. ...
,
Gala Galaction
Gala Galaction (; the pen name of Grigore or Grigorie Pisculescu, (the quarter "Pantelimon" is presumed to preserve his memory) ; April 16, 1879—March 8, 1961) was a Romanian Orthodox clergyman and theologian, writer, journalist, left-wing a ...
(1954),
Dimitrie Cuclin (1955),
Simion Stoilow (1957),
Alexandru Kirițescu,
László Szabédi,
Petre Antonescu
Petre Antonescu (June 29, 1873 - April 22, 1965) was a Romanian architect. Over the course of a career that spanned the first half of the 20th century, he established himself as a leader in the field within his country, helping define a national ...
,
Cicerone Theodorescu (1958),
N. Gh. Lupu,
Károly Kós (1959),
Tudor Arghezi
Tudor Arghezi (; 21 May 1880 – 14 July 1967) was a Romanian writer, best known for his unique contribution to poetry and children's literature. Born Ion N. Theodorescu in Bucharest, he explained that his pen name was related to ''Argesis'', the ...
(1960),
Ion S. Gheorghiu,
Gheorghe Macovei,
Erasmus Julius Nyárády,
Horia Maicu,
George Oprescu,
Mihail Jora,
Miron Radu Paraschivescu (1961),
Ion Agârbiceanu
Ion Agârbiceanu (first name also Ioan, last name also Agărbiceanu and Agîrbiceanu; September 12, 1882 – May 28, 1963) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, journalist, politician, theologian and Greek-Catholic priest. Born among the ...
,
Nicolae Profiri,
Aurel Beleș,
Corneliu Miklosi,
Ion Jalea
Ion Jalea (; 19 May 1887 – 7 November 1983) was a Romanian sculptor, medallist, titular member of the Romanian Academy.
Biography Artistic studies
Jalea was born on 19 May 1887 in the little town of Casimcea, Tulcea County. His family m ...
,
Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow
Patriarch Alexy I (Alexius I, russian: Патриарх Алексий I, secular name Sergey Vladimirovich Simansky, russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Сима́нский; – 17 April 1970) was the 13th Patriarch of Moscow ...
,
Perpessicius (1962),
(1963),
[Dobre ''et al.'', p. 529] Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stu ...
(1964),
[Cristian Vasile, ''Politicile culturale comuniste in timpul regimului Gheorghiu-Dej'', p.81-2. Editura Humanitas, Bucharest, 2013, ] Nicolae Giosan (1971 and 1981)
[Dobre ''et al.'', p. 298] Soeharto
Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto ...
(1982) and
Kim Il-sung (1982).
Recipients of its second class included
Corneliu Baba
Corneliu Baba (; 18 November 1906, Craiova – 28 December 1997) was a Romanian painter, primarily a portraitist, but also known as a genre painter and an illustrator of books.
Early life
Having first studied under his father, the academic pain ...
,
Alexandru Bârlădeanu
Alexandru Bârlădeanu (or ''Bîrlădeanu''; 25 January 1911 – 13 November 1997) was a Romanian Marxian economist and statesman who was prominent during the communist regime until being sidelined in 1968. In his later years, following the colla ...
,
[Dobre ''et al.'', p. 93] Mihai Beniuc,
Geo Bogza
Geo Bogza (; born Gheorghe Bogza; February 6, 1908 – September 14, 1993) was a Romanian avant-garde theorist, poet, and journalist, known for his left-wing and communist political convictions. As a young man in the interwar period, he was known ...
,
George Călinescu,
Alexandru Ciucurencu,
,
George Georgescu
George Georgescu (September 12, 1887 – September 1, 1964) was a Romanian conductor. The moving force behind the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra for decades beginning shortly after World War I, a protégé of Artur Nikisch and a close assoc ...
,
Athanase Joja,
Barbu Lăzăreanu, and
Gheorghe Mihoc.
[Decretul nr. 138 din 20 aprilie 1971 al Consiliului de Stat al Republicii Socialiste România privind conferirea unor ordine ale Republicii Socialiste România, art. 5.]
Dumitru Coliu received both classes, in 1948 and 1957, respectively.
[Dobre ''et al.'', p. 168]
Notes
References
*Florica Dobre, Liviu Marius Bejenaru, Clara Cosmineanu-Mareș, Monica Grigore, Alina Ilinca, Oana Ionel, Nicoleta Ionescu-Gură, Elisabeta Neagoe-Pleșa, Liviu Pleșa, ''Membrii C.C. al P.C.R. (1945–1989). Dicționar''. Bucharest:
Editura Enciclopedică, 2004.
Romanian decorations
Awards established in 1948
Awards disestablished in 1989
Socialist Republic of Romania
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