TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taki,Viktor
TI  - Russia on the Danube: empire, elites, and reform in Moldavia and Wallachia, 1812-1834 
T2  - Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia,
SN  - 963386383X
AV  - DK197 .R877 2021
KW  - Nobility
KW  - Romania
KW  - Wallachia
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Moldavia
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - "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"--
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2719458&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
ER  -