Taki, Viktor, <br/><br/>
Russia on the Danube :  empire, elites, and reform in Moldavia and Wallachia, 1812-1834 / 
 Empire, elites, and reform in Moldavia and Wallachia, 1812-1834 
Victor Taki. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia,  vol. 6 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>963386383X 9789633863831 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2021013875 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nobility--History--Romania--Wallachia--19th century.<br/>Nobility--History--Moldavia--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DK197  / .R877 2021