Răstoaca is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Răstoaca, and was part of Milcovul commune from 1968 until 2004, when it was split off.
Răstoaca | |
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 Location in Vrancea County | |
  Răstoaca Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°40′N 27°17′E / 45.667°N 27.283°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Vrancea |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | David Chiriță[1] (PNL) |
Area | 20.44 km2 (7.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 2,059 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 627208 |
| Vehicle reg. | VN |
| Website | www |
The commune is located in the southern part of the county, 12 km (7.5 mi) southeast of the county seat, Focșani.[3]
History
editIn December 1957–January 1958, during the Communist era, the peasants from Răstoaca and nearby Suraia and Vadu Roșca resisted the collectivization of agriculture. At one time, several dozen men from Răstoaca attacked a convoy of Communist Party members; the convoy, which included Nicolae Ceaușescu, had come to convince the locals to join in the collectivization effort. Several peasants from the area who revolted were shot; 73 were tried and sentenced to long prison terms.[4] Memorialist Florin Pavlovici witnessed how 30–40 men from Răstoaca were sent to the Periprava labor camp in the Danube Delta;[5] according to Andrei Muraru, head of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania, this was an extermination camp, with a repressive, excessive, inhuman regime.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Primăria Răstoaca – Prezentare". www.rastoaca.primarievn.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ Clej, Petru (December 3, 2020). "Vadu Roșca, 4/12/1957: Revoltă anti-colectivizare reprimată în sânge" [Vadu Roșca, 4/12/1957: Anti-collectization revolt bloodily repressed] (in Romanian). RFI România. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ Ghica, Sorin. "Mărturii din infernul de la Periprava" [Testimony from the Hell of Periprava]. Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "Ion Ficior, 90, Convicted in Romania Labor Camp Crimes, Is Dead". The New York Times. September 26, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
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