Russia on the Danube Empire, Elites, and Reform in Moldavia and Wallachia, 1812–1834 / Victor Taki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taki, Viktor, author.

Series:

Historical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, 2306-3637 ; vol. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Politics and government.

Diplomatic relations.

Nobility.

Nobility--Moldavia--History--19th century.

Nobility--Romania--Wallachia--History--19th century.

Russia.

Romania--Wallachia.

Romania.

Europe--Moldavia.

Turkey.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Moldavia--Relations--Russia.

Moldavia.

Wallachia--Relations--Russia.

Wallachia.

Russia--Relations--Romania--Wallachia.

Russia--Relations--Moldavia.

Russia--Foreign relations--1801-1825.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Central European University Press, New York : 2021.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter I. Early Encounters

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72178-8

963-386-382-1

9781003721789

OCLC:

1245247561