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| Publisher | Central European University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9789633863824 |
| ISBN 10 | 9633863821 |
| Author | Victor (Concordia University of Edmonton) Taki |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | One of the goals of Russias 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. Victor Takis meticulous examination of the plans and memoranda composed by Russian administrators and the Romanian elite underlines the crucial consequences of this encounter. The Moldavian and Wallachian nobility used the Russian-Ottoman rivalry in order to preserve and expand their traditional autonomy. The comprehensive institutional reforms born out of their interaction with the tsars officials consolidated territorial statehood on the lower Danube, providing the building blocks of a nation state. 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. |
| Editorial Review | 388 |
| About the Author | Victor Taki has a PhD from the CEU. He has taught at the University of Alberta, Dalhousie University, Kings Universityand Concordia University of Edmonton. His research interests include Imperial Russias Balkan entanglements and the intellectual history of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2021 |
| Number of Pages | 388.0 |
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