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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Budapest ; New York :
Central European University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia,
vol. 6 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789633863831 963386383X |
| ISSN: | 2306-3637 ; |