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unusual facts about Galați


Ilarion Ionescu-Galați

Ilarion Ionescu-Galaţi played with soloists such as Lazar Berman, Radu Lupu, Fazil Say, Felicia Filip, Daniil Shafran, Igor Oistrakh, Valery Oistrach, Viktor Pikaisen, Rudolf Kerrer, Ion Voicu, Magda Tagliaferro, Idil Biret, Ayla Erduran, Sabine Meyer, Costas Cotsiolis, Aris Garoufalis, Theodore Kerkezos and several others.


1940 Vrancea earthquake

Focşani, a city 100 miles northeast of Bucharest and the epicentre of the quake, was reported in ruins; Galați, the site of the German submarine base, also suffered severely; and Giurgiu, the principal oil port on the Danube, saw public buildings and factories completely destroyed.

59th Guards Motor Rifle Division

Pursuing the retreating German troops, the division crossed the Soviet-Romanian border on August, 28th near the city of Reni, 25 kilometres to the East of Galați.

Daguin machine

In Romania, six post offices possessed a Daguin machine between 1890 and 1904: Brăila, Bucharest, Focşani, Galaţi, Iaşi and Ploieşti.

Fahrpanzer

These were initially deployed on the Siret Line at Focşani (15 batteries, with 6 turrets each), Nămoloasa (24 bateries of 3-5 turrets), Galati (30 batteries of 6 turrets and 10 bateries of 3 turrets) and Brateş (10 turrets).

George Ogăraru

In 2002 when Mihai Stoica, the president of Otelul Galati became the general manager of Steaua, he took Ogăraru with him at his first team.

Kia Optima

In June 2012, Michael Galati drove the Infinity Audio-sponsored Optima to Kia's first victory in round 8 of the 2012 season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, while teammate Mark Wilkins finished in second-place.

Port of Galați

The Port of Galați is the largest port and sea port on the Danube River and the second largest Romanian port.

Răzvan Ochiroșii

Răzvan Iulian Ochiroșii (born 13 March 1989 in Galați) is a Romanian football player, part of the Oțelul Galați team, but on loan at CD Guijuelo.

Siret River

The following towns and villages are situated along the river Siret, from source to mouth: Berehomet, Storozhynets, Siret, Grămești, Zvoriștea, Liteni, Dolhasca, Paşcani, Stolniceni-Prăjescu, Roman, Bacău, Adjud, Mărășești, Galaţi.

Sorin Ghionea

In 2004, the ex-president of Oțelul Galați, now manager of Steaua București, Mihai Stoica, took him back to the team from Bucharest.


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