Russo-Turkish Wars and the Balkans
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Russo-Turkish Wars and the Balkans
19.99 €
The monograph "Russo-Turkish Wars and the Balkans" by the eminent Hellenist and Albanian scholar Grigory Lvovich Arsh (1925–2017) is being published posthumously in honor of the author's centenary. It is a series of ten essays devoted to the impact of the Russo-Turkish Wars of the 18th and 19th centuries on the political evolution of the Balkan countries and the formation of national movements among Greeks, Albanians, Serbs, Bulgarians, and Romanians. The book shows how the confrontation between the two empires—Russian and Ottoman—inevitably catalyzed a wide range of processes in the provinces of the Sublime Porte, altered the balance of power between communities, pushed local elites toward political self-organization, and opened a window of opportunity for uprisings and revolutions for national independence.
The monograph focuses on the three-century dynamics of the "Russian factor" in the Balkans: from Peter the Great's first attempts to appeal to "common-faith" peoples to Russia's full involvement in Greek and Albanian affairs during the reign of Catherine the Great.
In his essay on the Greek Revolution of 1821–1829, he consistently shows how St. Petersburg's position evolved from cautious "restrained solidarity" to direct military intervention, and how the diplomatic standoff between Russia, Great Britain, and France determined the fate of the future Greece.
In his essays on the wars of the mid- and late 19th centuries, the author analyzes the clash of national agendas in Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bulgaria, as well as the emerging Albanian political identity.
G. L. Arsh's book "Russo-Turkish Wars and the Balkans" is a detailed and fascinating history of the development of national movements in the Balkans, presented through the prism of the international conflicts of the time.
The monograph focuses on the three-century dynamics of the "Russian factor" in the Balkans: from Peter the Great's first attempts to appeal to "common-faith" peoples to Russia's full involvement in Greek and Albanian affairs during the reign of Catherine the Great.
In his essay on the Greek Revolution of 1821–1829, he consistently shows how St. Petersburg's position evolved from cautious "restrained solidarity" to direct military intervention, and how the diplomatic standoff between Russia, Great Britain, and France determined the fate of the future Greece.
In his essays on the wars of the mid- and late 19th centuries, the author analyzes the clash of national agendas in Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bulgaria, as well as the emerging Albanian political identity.
G. L. Arsh's book "Russo-Turkish Wars and the Balkans" is a detailed and fascinating history of the development of national movements in the Balkans, presented through the prism of the international conflicts of the time.
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