TUDOR VLADIMIRESCU’S ARMY – NUCLEUS OF THE MODERN ROMANIAN ARMY

Abstract

The 19th century was characterised by a deepening and diversification of the movements of European peoples oppressed by the great empires for national and social liberation. The French Revolution opened up the whole period of this century, and a wave of revolutions swept through almost the entire European continent, leading to the period being described as the 'century of revolutions' or the 'century of nations'. Tudor Vladimirescu was the exponent of the Romanian people's long-standing aspirations, the great personality produced by the Romanian realities of the early 19th century, who contributed to the acceleration of events and was at the forefront of the revolution.