Russia on the Danube : empire, elites, and reform in Moldavia and Wallachia, 1812-1834 / Victor Taki.
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TextSeries: Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia ; vol. 6Publication details: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [(c)2021.]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 963386383X
- 9789633863831
- Empire, elites, and reform in Moldavia and Wallachia, 1812-1834
- Nobility -- Romania -- Wallachia -- History -- 19th century
- Nobility -- Moldavia -- History -- 19th century
- Russia -- Foreign relations -- 1801-1825
- Russia -- Relations -- Moldavia
- Russia -- Relations -- Romania -- Wallachia
- Wallachia -- Relations -- Russia
- Moldavia -- Relations -- Russia
- Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
- DK197
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| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Online Book | G. Allen Fleece Library Online | Non-fiction | DK197 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | on1245247561 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
"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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