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Russia on the Danube : empire, elites, and reform in Moldavia and Wallachia, 1812-1834 /

"One of the goals of Russia's Eastern policy was to turn Moldavia and Wallachia, the two Romanian principalities north of the Danube, from Ottoman vassals into a controllable buffer zone and a springboard for future military operations against Constantinople. Russia on the Danube describes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taki, Viktor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2021.
Colección:Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, vol. 6
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"One of the goals of Russia's Eastern policy was to turn Moldavia and Wallachia, the two Romanian principalities north of the Danube, from Ottoman vassals into a controllable buffer zone and a springboard for future military operations against Constantinople. Russia on the Danube describes the divergent interests and uneasy cooperation between the Russian officials and the Moldavian and Wallachian nobility in a key period between 1812 and 1834. The main conclusion of the book is that although Russian policy was driven by self-interest, and despite the Russophobia among a great part of the Romanian intellectuals, this turbulent period significantly contributed to the emergence, several decades later, of modern Romania"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789633863831
963386383X
ISSN:2306-3637 ;