(Galati), city and port on v. of Rumania, on
lion to Danube coast. Adm Q of district Galatz. 160
thousand zhit. (1968). Knot of sea, river, RR, shoss. and
pipeline mains. By
prom. the center, which
separates by machine building (osn. the center of the shipbuilding of Rumania; RR
workshops, agr. machine building, metal working) and by ferrous metallurgy (sheet-rolling plant;
is assembled important metallurg. combine by power 4-5 million.
m of steel per year - cm. Galatskiy
metallurgical combine). They are developed text,
(xl.- boom, l'nopen'kovaya),
sewing, the foods (mukom., meat- mol., fish- and
plodokon-servnaya), chem.
(paint, varnishes),
derevoobr., shoe industry. Production of construction
materials. Through g. are imported zhel. the ore, coke, cotton,
equipment, etc; are exported lumber, grain, petroleum products
and other Politekhnich. and pedagogical institutes. It
is known from the written sources with 14 v.
GALATSKAYA DEMONSTRATION 1916, demonstration working Galatz (Rumania) on 13 June against imperialistich.
of war. Bloody is violence with the participants g. d.
(9 men killed and several ten injured) it was the reason for the appearances of the
workers of Bucharest, Ploiesti, Breily, etc. it was municipal.
On 19 June 1916 in response to the repressions more than 15
thousand working Galatz conducted general strike and new
demonstration.
Source: Documente din istoria miscarii
muncitoresti din Romania, 1916 -1921, Buc., 1966.
