Scînteia Tineretului, 7 March 1977: Ceaușescu's visit to earthquake-hit areas
Front page of the youth daily Scînteia Tineretului, Monday 7 March 1977, three days after the Vrancea earthquake: the Executive Political Committee meeting on the left, and on the right the headline 'Comrade Nicolae Ceaușescu yesterday visited the Capital and other localities affected by the earthquake', with photographs of rubble and officials. The tell: virtue words ('the most profound humanism') carry the account of the leader's visit.
- Date
- March 7, 1977
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Scînteia Tineretului, central organ of the Union of Communist Youth
- Country
- Romania
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Party
- Regime
- Ceausescu Regime
- Leader
- Nicolae Ceausescu
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- Media and information, Home front
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Leader
- Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons templates PD-RO-exempt, PD-RO-photo, PD-1996)
Scînteia Tineretului, 7 March 1977 (scan via Arcanum and Wikimedia Commons).
Text on the object
Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! Scînteia tineretului ORGAN CENTRAL AL UNIUNII TINERETULUI COMUNIST ANUL XXXIII, SERIA II, Nr. 8 643 | 6 PAGINI — 30 BANI | LUNI 7 MARTIE 1977 Ședința Comitetului Politic Executiv al C.C. al P.C.R. Îmbărbătînd și insuflînd puterea de a depăși această grea încercare prin care trecem, TOVARĂȘUL NICOLAE CEAUȘESCU A VIZITAT, IERI, CAPITALA ȘI ALTE LOCALITĂȚI DIN ȚARĂ AFECTATE DE CUTREMUR ÎN CAPITALĂ. Tovarășul Nicolae Ceaușescu, la fața locului, în punctele greu lovite de cutremur Sub semnul celui mai profund umanism, pe întreg parcursul vizitei, tovarășul Nicolae Ceaușescu indică măsuri concrete, operative, care să ducă la refacerea și înflorirea economică a patriei În mijlocul muncitorilor de la Uzinele „23 August”
Workers of all countries, unite! Scînteia Tineretului CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE UNION OF COMMUNIST YOUTH YEAR XXXIII, SERIES II, No. 8,643 | 6 PAGES — 30 BANI | MONDAY 7 MARCH 1977 Meeting of the Executive Political Committee of the CC of the PCR Encouraging and inspiring the strength to overcome this hard trial we are going through, COMRADE NICOLAE CEAUȘESCU VISITED, YESTERDAY, THE CAPITAL AND OTHER LOCALITIES OF THE COUNTRY AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE IN THE CAPITAL. Comrade Nicolae Ceaușescu, on the spot, in the places badly hit by the earthquake Under the sign of the most profound humanism, throughout the visit, comrade Nicolae Ceaușescu indicates concrete, operative measures that lead to the economic recovery and flourishing of the homeland Among the workers of the "23 August" Works
Only the masthead, headlines, picture captions and the sidebar are transcribed; the dense body columns are not. The sidebar is partly set in a narrow column and read from the 875 px copy, so small errors are possible. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.
