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monument to Trajan
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Trajan's walls (Romania)
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tribal invasions
(i)
,
(ii)

Romania
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customs authority
(i)
,
(ii)

land reform (1864)
(i)

uprising against Ceausescu dictatorship
(i)

and USSR
(i)

Romanian Communist Party
(i)
,
(ii)

Rome, Trajan's column
(i)

roses
(i)

Rosetti, Constantin, statesman
(i)

Rossatz, Austria
(i)

Rovine, Battle of (1395)
(i)

Rudna Glava, Serbia, copper mines
(i)

Ruse, Bulgaria
(i)

bridge of Friendship and Unity
(i)
,
(ii)

Koloseum Circus
(i)

Regional History Museum
(i)

Roman fortresses
(i)

Russia

Act of Religious Freedom (1905)
(i)

and Balkans
(i)

Crimean War
(i)

tobacco companies
(i)

Russian Orthodoxy
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Old Believers
(i)
,
(ii)

Russians

in delta region
(i)

in Ghindǎreşti
(i)

Sacalin island
(i)

St Stefano, Treaty of (1878)
(i)

saints, Bektashi
(i)
,
(ii)

Saladin
(i)

Saligny, Angel, bridge builder
(i)

salmon (
huchen
)
(i)

salt

Passau
(i)

prehistoric mines
(i)

prehistoric trade in
(i)
,
(ii)

sand martins
(i)

sand-dunes
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Sarajevo, assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
(i)
,
(ii)

Sarajevo, siege of
(i)

Sari Saltuq
(i)

tombs of
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Sarmatians
(i)
,
(ii)

Sarmizegetusa, Dacian capital
(i)
,
(ii)

Sárvári, István, Water Resources Research Centre
(i)

Sava, River
(i)

Sax, Boria, historian
(i)

Schiele, Egon, artist
(i)

scripts

Alan
(i)

Dacian runic
(i)
,
(ii)

‘Danube’
(i)
,
(ii)

Scythians
(i)

Second World War

Austria
(i)

Hungary
(i)

Novi Sad massacres
(i)

post-war famine
(i)

Red Army
(i)

Russians in Slovakia
(i)

stories of
(i)

Ustashe (Croatian fascists)
(i)

Seehofer, Hannes, ecologist
(i)

Seferis, George, poet
(i)

‘Argonauts’
(i)

Sehić, Lana, Austrian police officer
(i)

Selim, Turkish sultan
(i)

Serban, Costica, leper
(i)

Serbia
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

as buffer state
(i)

and Hungary
(i)

and Kosovo
(i)

NATO attacks on
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

and Turks
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

war with Croatia
(i)

Serbian Orthodox Church, monasteries
(i)

Serbian Writers Union
(i)

Serbs, in Hungary
(i)

settlements, prehistoric
(i)
,
(ii)

Sevastopol, Russian naval base
(i)

Severinus, hermit (d.482)
(i)

Sexaginta Prista, Ruse, Roman fortress
(i)

Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
(i)
,
(ii)

The Shade of the Balkans
(folksongs)
(i)

sheep, Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

shipping
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

barges
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

British
(i)

cargo ships
(i)

Freudenau
tug
(i)

fuel stations for
(i)

paddle-steamer
(i)

passenger cruisers
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

riverboat
Tatabánya
(i)

steamships
(i)

zille
transport boats
(i)
,
(ii)

Sibiscanu, Elena, memories of Danube canal
(i)

Šibl, Jaromír, director of Broz
(i)

Sidurenko, Ilie, fisherman
(i)

Sigismund, King of Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)

Sigmaringen, Germany, castle
(i)

Silistra, Bulgaria
(i)

silk and silkworms
(i)
,
(ii)

Simian island
(i)
,
(ii)

Simpson, John, journalist
(i)

Sinescu, Maria, lighthouse custodian
(i)

Siret, River
(i)

Slankomen, battle of (1691)
(i)
,
(ii)

Slavs
(i)
,
(ii)

Šljivančanin, Viktor, war criminal
(i)
,
(ii)

Slovakia
(i)
,
(ii)

and Gabčikovo dam
(i)

independence
(i)

and Nagymaros dam
(i)

Slovenes, Hungary
(i)

Slovenia, coat of arms
(i)

Smederevo, Serbia
(i)
,
(ii)

fall of (1459)
(i)

fortress
(i)

Turkish attack on (1439)
(i)

smuggling
(i)
,
(ii)

snail, Danube
(i)

snowdrops
(i)

Babadag
(i)
,
(ii)

solar power, Germany
(i)

Soroksári branch of Danube
(i)

Spannraft, Hermann, cable ferry captain
(i)

springs, at Sari Saltuq's tomb
(i)

Srebarna, Romania, pelican reserve
(i)

Srebrenica, Serbia, massacre
(i)

Srejović, Dragoslav, archaeologist
(i)

Sremski Karlovci (Karlowitz), Serbia
(i)

Stahremberg, Ernst von
(i)

Stahremberg, Count Guidobald von
(i)

Stambuk, Vladimir, aide to Milošević
(i)

Stanimirović, Vladimir, Serb leader in Vukovar
(i)

Stara Palanka, Serbia
(i)

Stara Planina mountains
(i)

Starčevo culture (Neolithic)
(i)

Stari Slankomen, Serbia
(i)

Starović, Andrej, archaeologist
(i)
,
(ii)

Stasiuk, Andrzej,
The Road to Babadag
(i)

Stavrianos, L.S., historian
(i)

steel industry
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Stein, Austria

Minorite church
(i)

war memorial
(i)

Stephen, King and Saint, Crown of
(i)
,
(ii)

Stepinac, Alojzije, archbishop of Zagreb
(i)

Stockerau, Austria
(i)

Stokić, Radislav, barge owner
(i)

stone, musical
(i)

storm wizards
(i)

Stoyanov, Petar, President of Bulgaria
(i)

Stur, Lud'ovit, Slovak poet
(i)

sturgeon
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

ability to live out of water
(i)

ban on fishing
(i)
,
(ii)

beluga
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

caviar
(i)

fossil
(i)

‘Harald’
(i)
,
(ii)

Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)

hybrid
(i)

plans for breeding
(i)

recipes
(i)

Romanian-Norwegian research project
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

types
(i)

Suciu, Radu, Danube Delta Research Centre
(i)
,
(ii)

Sugovica branch of Danube
(i)
,
(ii)

Suleiman the Magnificent
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Sulina
(i)

graveyard
(i)

Hotel Jean Bart
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

lighthouse
(i)
,
(ii)

nationalities in
(i)

water tower
(i)

Suvorov, Alexander, Russian commander (1791)
(i)

Svishtov, Bulgaria
(i)

Swabians, of Ulm, resettlement in Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)

sword-making, Passau
(i)

Sylvester, Pope, and Crown of St Stephen
(i)
,
(ii)

Syrlin, Jörg, wood carver
(i)

Szabados, György, jazz pianist
(i)

Szapolyai, János, battle of Mohács (1526)
(i)

Szatmár, Treaty of (1711)
(i)

Széchenyi, István, reformer
(i)

Szeged, Treaty of (1444)
(i)

Székfű, Gyula, historian
(i)

Szekszárd, Hungary
(i)

Szent-Györgyi, Albert, Vitamin C
(i)

Szentendre, Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)

Tal'janki, prehistoric settlement
(i)

Tamás, Ferenc, fisherman
(i)

Târgu Jiu, Romania
(i)

Endless Column
(i)

Gate of the Kiss
(i)

Table of Silence
(i)

Tǎtǎrescu, George and Doina
(i)

Tatars

Crimean
(i)

in Dobrogea
(i)
,
(ii)

Tecliceanu, Mihai, history teacher
(i)
,
(ii)

Tekija, Serbia
(i)

Tertullian, Roman historian
(i)

thatching, Hungary
(i)

thermal waters, Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Thracians

helmet
(i)

settlement at Lom confluence
(i)

Thubron, Colin
(i)

Tichileşti Leprosarium
(i)

timber trade
(i)

Tisza, River
(i)

Tito, Marshal Josip Broz
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

tobacco smuggling
(i)

Todorova, Maria, writer
(i)

Tokaj, Hungary
(i)

Tömöri, Pál, archbishop of Kalocsa
(i)

Tóth, Béla,
Gül Baba
(i)

Trajan, Emperor
(i)
,
(ii)

monument in Adamclisi
(i)

Trajan's column, Rome
(i)

transhumance
(i)
,
(ii)

Transylvania
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

trees
(i)

black poplar
(i)
,
(ii)

Bulgaria
(i)

non-native
(i)

poplars
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

sweet chestnut
(i)

threatened by disease
(i)

white plane
(i)

willows
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Trevisan, Dessa, journalist
(i)

Tripol'ye-Cucuteni culture
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

grave goods
(i)

Tsanev, Todor, former political prisoner
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Tulcea, Romania
(i)

aluminium works
(i)

branches of the Danube
(i)

ferry to Izmail
(i)

Turks in
(i)

Tulln, Austria
(i)

Salt Tower
(i)

Turda, Transylvania, salt mines
(i)

Turkey

independence
(i)

see also
Ottoman Empire

Turkish-Romanian Friendship Association
(i)

Turks

on Ada Kaleh island
(i)

and battle of Nikopolis (1396)
(i)

in Dobrogea
(i)
,
(ii)

in Serbia
(i)

in Tulcea
(i)

in Vienna
(i)

Turnu Magurele, Romania
(i)

Turnu Severin, Romania
(i)
,
(ii)

Türr, István, hero of Baja
(i)

Tuzla, Bosnia, salt mines
(i)

Ukraine
(i)

border crossing
(i)

tobacco companies
(i)

Ukrainians, in delta region
(i)

Ulm, Germany
(i)

Bread Museum
(i)
,
(ii)

cathedral
(i)

emigration of Swabians to Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)

Turkish tailor
(i)

Ulrich II of Celje
(i)

United States

Karl May as poet of Wild West
(i)

military training ground
(i)

war memorial at Weltenburg
(i)

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