- Griviţa
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Galaţi County , seeGriviţa, Galaţi , for the commune inIalomiţa County , seeGriviţa, Ialomiţa , for the commune inVaslui County , seeGriviţa, Vaslui ."Griviţa (/'gri.vi.ʦa/) is an area of
Bucharest ,Romania , centered on the Griviţa Railway Yards ("Atelierele Căi Ferate Griviţa"), which were and still are an important landmark within the manufacturing landscape of the city. Located nearGara de Nord , their history dates back to the late decades of the 19th century, when they were developed in order to perform maintenance and overhaul of railway equipment servingCăile Ferate Române .The name reflects the Romanian spelling for "
Grivitsa ", a formerlyBulgaria n village near Plevna (Pleven ), where one of the Ottoman redoubts in the Plevna's defenses was stormed and captured with heavy casualties by theRomanian Army during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 ("seeSiege of Pleven ").What initially started only to serve the city of Bucharest and the surrounding areas, grew over time into a cornerstone of the entire railway industry of Romania. In the
interwar period , after the start of theGreat Depression , Griviţa Railway Yards also become a focal point of thelabor movement . TheGriviţa Strike of 1933 and its violent repression by the authorities are still remembered in Romania.During the communist regime, their name was changed to "Griviţa Roşie" ("Red Griviţa"), in memory of the 1933 events. The area surrounding the Yards, one of the oldest of the city of Bucharest, became known as "Cartierul Griviţa" ("Griviţa Borough"), populated by the workers of Griviţa Railway Yards. To this day it remains a blue collar neighborhood.
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