TY - JOUR
T1 - Russia’s Position toward Ottoman Orthodox Christians
T2 - An 1816 Instruction from the Foreign Ministry
AU - Prousis, Theophilus C.
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - Documents on tsarist policy in the Near East offer suggestive detail, subtle nuance, and firsthand commentary on the proposed if not actual state of Russo-Ottoman affairs regarding specific issues between the two neighboring autocratic empires. These features, to varying degrees, are manifested in this translated directive of June 1816, from Foreign Minister Karl V. Nessel'rode to envoy Grigorii A. Stroganov in Istanbul, dealing with Russia's attitude toward the sultan's Eastern Orthodox subjects in the aftermath of the Congress of Vienna. The Foreign Ministry's instruction merits attention by scholars of lmperial Russia's involvement in the Eastern Question as a reminder that primary sources on particular aspects of the Russo-Ottoman nexus warrant closer scrutiny and critical commentary.
AB - Documents on tsarist policy in the Near East offer suggestive detail, subtle nuance, and firsthand commentary on the proposed if not actual state of Russo-Ottoman affairs regarding specific issues between the two neighboring autocratic empires. These features, to varying degrees, are manifested in this translated directive of June 1816, from Foreign Minister Karl V. Nessel'rode to envoy Grigorii A. Stroganov in Istanbul, dealing with Russia's attitude toward the sultan's Eastern Orthodox subjects in the aftermath of the Congress of Vienna. The Foreign Ministry's instruction merits attention by scholars of lmperial Russia's involvement in the Eastern Question as a reminder that primary sources on particular aspects of the Russo-Ottoman nexus warrant closer scrutiny and critical commentary.
KW - Mediterranean
KW - Russian and Near Eastern History; Slavic
KW - and Eastern Orthodox studies; the Eastern Question; Russian embassy dispatches
UR - https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/ahis_facpub/27
M3 - Article
VL - 46
SP - 331
EP - 346
JO - St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly
JF - St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -