Treaty of Craiova

The Treaty of Craiova ( Bulgarian Крайовска спогодба; romanian Tratatul de la Craiova ) was born on September 7, 1940 signed between the Tsardom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Romania in Craiova. Under the terms of this contract Romania was the southern third of the area of ​​Dobruja to Bulgaria back and agreed to participate in the organization of a population exchange. The contract was approved by Germany, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, Italy, the United States and France.

The terms of the contract provided for the compulsory resettlement of people living in the North Dobrogea Romanian citizens of Bulgarian ethnicity to Bulgaria as well as the resettlement of ethnic Romanians living in the Southern Dobruja to Romania. 110,000 Romanians ( 80,000 of them from the South Dobrogea ) were forced to leave their homes in the Southern Dobruja and other parts of Bulgaria. Most of these Romanians were colonists who had settled there in 1913 after the Second Balkan War, when the area was annexed by Romania (see Treaty of Bucharest ( 1913) ). 65,000 Bulgarians left their homeland in the North Dobrogea and settled in Bulgaria.

The agreement was confirmed in 1946 ( after the 2nd World War) of the Paris Peace Conference.

Major cities in the South Dobrogea, who went by the Treaty of Bulgaria, Dobrich and Silistra are. Also known are the places Balchik and Toutrakan.