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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. Early Encounters
  • Introduction
  • Russian-Ottoman Confrontation and the Establishment of the Phanariot Regime
  • The Peace of Kuchuk-Kainarji and the Russian Protectorate
  • Russian Occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1806-1812
  • Church Policies under Russian Occupation
  • Chapter II. Challenges of Empire-Building in a Revolutionary Age
  • Introduction
  • The "Greek Project" of Ioannis Kapodistrias
  • The Bessarabian Experiment of Alexander I
  • Russia's Eastern Policy and Stroganov's Mission
  • Kapodistrias, Alexander I, and the Greek Rebellion
  • Chapter III. The Uprisings of 1821 and Their Impact
  • Introduction
  • 1821 and Anti-Greek Sentiment in Moldavia and Wallachia
  • Tensions among the Boyars and Their Projects of Reform
  • Moldavian Boyar Radicals and Conservatives
  • The Convention of Akkerman
  • Chapter IV. From Akkerman (1826) to Adrianople (1829)
  • Introduction
  • The Russian Empire and the Elites of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1826-28
  • The War of 1828-29 and the Russian Occupation of the Principalities
  • The Genesis of the Reform Agenda
  • Ministerial Instructions and the Formation of the Committee of Reform
  • The Peace of Adrianople
  • Chapter V. The Organic Statutes and Russia's Eastern Policy
  • Introduction
  • Boyar Opposition to the Organic Statutes
  • The Affair of Sion and Its Consequences
  • The Adoption of the Organic Statutes by the Assemblies of Revision
  • Kiselev's Vision of the Principalities and Russia's Eastern Policy
  • Chapter VI. A Well-Ordered Police State on the Danube
  • Plague Epidemics and the Creation of the Danubian Quarantine
  • The Creation of Militia and Police Reform
  • Fiscal Reform and Peasant Obligations
  • Administrative and Judiciary Reform
  • Foreign Subjects, Dedicated Monasteries, and Censorship
  • Chapter VII. Russian Policies in Moldavia and Wallachia After 1834
  • Introduction
  • Russia and the Problem of Unification of the Principalities
  • Political Tensions in Moldavia and Wallachia in the Late 1830s
  • A Cordon Sanitaire for the Empire?
  • The Limits of Hegemony
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index