Romania gained independence after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 amid the national rebirth of Romanians in the 19th century. The unification of Bessarabia, Bukovina, and eventually Transylvania with the Kingdom of Romania led to the establishment of Greater Romania. Romania entered World War I on the side of the Entente powers to achieve this unification, which was favored by the political actions of Romanian elites in Romania and Austria-Hungary as those empires collapsed, and the principle of self-determination of nationalities became established internationally in the context of widespread Romanian national sentiment.

1. of independence after the war of 1877-1878, amid the national rebirth of the
Romanians in the course of the nineteenth century.The unification of Bessarabia,
Bukovina, and eventually Transylvania with the Kingdom of Romania (the so-called Old
Kingdom) led to the establishment of Great Romania. It was the purpose of Romania's
entry into World War I on the Entente side and was favored by several historical
factors:the decisive political action of the elites in the Kingdom of Romania and in
Austria-Hungary in the favorable times of the end of the First World Warthe collapse of
the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empirethe affirmation of the principle of
self-determination and of the nationalities on the international level, in the context of
the widespread presence of the national sentiment among the Romanian population.
Iotu Razvan