insufficient to allow for full cremation of corpses. Anti-regime groups charged that some ashes were given to families and the half-cremated bodies disposed of in mass burials. However, corpses of wealthy and powerful figures were retained until sufficient pressure existed for a full cremation. After a fairly rapid post-war advance, the incidence of cremation slowed considerably. A second crematorium, Vitan-Bârzești (named after the Bucharest neighbourhood where it is located), was opened in 1993, after Ceaușescu's fall from power. Nevertheless, in 1999, 1,172 cremations were performed in Romania, representing just 10% of deaths in Bucharest. In neighbouring Bulgaria, which opened its first crematorium in 2001, almost 5% of nationwide dead – 5,254 – were cremated in 2002. Notes References Davies, Douglas James, Encyclopedia Of Cremation, Ashgate Publishing, London, 2005, pp. 364–366 Death in Romania Romania