Soviet Invasion of Romania

Part of Cold War

Date 20-29 December 1952

Location Romania(Arad, Brasov, Bucharest, Targoviste and Timișoara among other cities)

Result Soviet total victory

  • Timisoara Protocol
  • The capture and execution of Nicolae Ceausescu
  • Overthrow of the Romanian Communist Party regime
  • Soviet military presence in Romania until 1991
Parties to the conflict
Socialistic Republic of Romania
  • Romanian People's Army
  • Romanian Securitate
  • Anti-Soviet protesters(National Salvation Front)
  • Loyalist members of the Romanian Communist Party
Soviet Union
Supported by: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Dissident members of the Romanian Communist Party
Lead Figures
Socialistic Republic of Romania
  • Nicolae Ceausescu
  • members of the National Salvation Front Council
Soviet Union
  • Joseph Stalin
  • Ivan Konev
  • Aleksei Antonov
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Josip Broz Tito