▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁he ▁published ▁articles ▁in ▁a ▁special ized ▁magazine ▁based ▁in ▁Th ess al on iki , ▁Greece , ▁and ▁don ated ▁his ▁documents ▁and ▁manuscript s ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Archives ▁of ▁Roman ia . ▁Str ung aru ▁was ▁also ▁allowed ▁back ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁univers ities , ▁and ▁Sm och in ă ▁moved ▁in ▁with ▁him ▁and ▁Claud ia . ▁ ▁At ▁that ▁stage , ▁ex iled ▁B ess arab ians ▁could ▁profit ▁from ▁the ▁relative ▁toler ance ▁of ▁Roman ia ' s ▁national ▁commun ist ▁system , ▁and ▁began ▁organ izing ▁themselves ▁into ▁advoc acy ▁groups , ▁even ▁establish ing ▁links ▁in ▁the ▁West . ▁Sm och in ă ▁himself ▁tried ▁to ▁medi ate ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁compet ing ▁fa ctions : ▁one ▁represented ▁by ▁I on ▁P ă sc ă lu ță ▁( and ▁supported ▁by ▁H ali ppa ); ▁the ▁other ▁head ed ▁by ▁Anton ▁C ri han . ▁ ▁Sm och in ă ▁died ▁in ▁Buch ar est , ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁His ▁work ▁and ▁life ▁were ▁again ▁in ▁public ▁focus ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Revolution ▁over th rew ▁Ce au ș es cu . ▁His ▁main ▁eth n ographic ▁research ▁was ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁anth ology ▁Rom ân itatea ▁trans n ist rian ă ▁(" Trans n ist rian ▁Roman ian ness "), ▁published ▁in ▁Buch ar est ▁by ▁Edit ura ▁Sem ne .