 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pasinei zvapo norufu rwaStalin, mapurisa makuru anotungamirirwa neSecuritate akasikwa muna 1949 uye achikurumidza kukura munhamba akachengeta mwero wakadzikama mukudzvinyirira kwawovavengi vemakirasi, kusvikira pakupedzisira sa19621964. Muna 19621964, hutungamiri hwebato hwakagamuchira ruregerero rukuru, rwakawedzerwa kune, pakati pevamwe vasungwa, ca. 6 700 vane mhaka yemhosva dzezvematongerwe enyika. Ikoku kwakaratidzira kuderedza masimba masimba uye ukuru hwekudzvinyirira, pashure pemakore anenge makumi maviri ayo Bato rakanga raita chiito mukurwisana nevanopikisa vezvematongerwe enyika uye kurwisana nevasingadi kupindira kwechiKomonisiti., pamwe chete nemasangano ezvitendero kunyanya, maRoman Catholic neGreek-Catholic Churches. Kufungidzira kwenhamba yose yevakaurayiwa munguva ya19471948-1964 kunosiyana zvikuru: yakaderera se160,000 kana kuti 282,000 vasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika, uye yakakwirira se600,000 maererano nokumwe kufungidzira, vanhu vanenge 190 000 vakaurayiwa kana kuti vakafa vari mujeri. Nzvimbo dzakakurumbira dzokutonga dzenguva yacho dzakabatanidza Danube-Black Sea Canal, Sighet, Gherla, Aiud, Pitești, uye Râmnicu Sărat; imwe nzira yekurangwa kwaiva kudzingwa kuBărăgan Plain isina kunaka. 