During the nineteenth centuryas violence, population dislocations, and rebellions unfolded in the borderlands between the Russian and Ottoman EmpiresEuropean and Russian diplomats debated the Eastern Question, or, What should be done about the Ottoman Empire? Russian-Ottoman Borderlands brings together an international group of scholars to show that the Eastern Question was not just one but many questions that varied tremendously from one historical actor and moment to the next. The Eastern Question (or, from the Ottoman perspective, the Western Question) became the predominant subject...
During the nineteenth centuryas violence, population dislocations, and rebellions unfolded in the borderlands between the Russian and Ottoman EmpiresE...
The birth of the Greek nation in 1830 was a pivotal event in modern European history and in the history of nation-building in general. As the first internationally recognized state to appear on the map of Europe since the French Revolution, independent Greece provided a model for other national movements to emulate. Throughout the process of nation formation in Greece, the Russian Empire played a critical part. Drawing upon a mass of previously fallow archival material, most notably from Russian embassies and consulates, this volume explores the role of Russia and the potent interaction of...
The birth of the Greek nation in 1830 was a pivotal event in modern European history and in the history of nation-building in general. As the first in...
