Isolation of Russia in the Shade of 19th Century Balkan’s Politics

Journal Title: Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4

Abstract

Russia had always engaged in challenges with Ottoman Empire after 17th century and confronted with European states. Throughout 19th century she adopted Pan-Slavish politics over the Balkanic nations and supported various projects fabricated by Russian politicians in order to found Big Slavish State. Forsooth, the most important figure in Russian’s Balkans politics was Pan-slavish Ignatiev. Ignatiev who is the Istanbul ambassador of Russia was a powerful name in the Ottoman Crown and among the other Western states’ ambassadors in Istanbul. Ignatiev’s personal ambitions and his projects for seizing Istanbul and the Straits led Russia even into isolation in Eastern Politics. However Russia’s plans did not compromised with European states and even other Balkanic states except for Bulgaria. In this study, Russia’s isolation progress in Eastern Question under the influence of Russian politics, especially before the Ottoman- Russian war in 1877-1878 and after the Ayestefanos Treaty will be dealt with.

Authors and Affiliations

Gülnar KARA| Yrd. Doç. Dr., Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi gkara@beu.edu.tr, Serap TOPRAK| Yrd. Doç. Dr., Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi stoprak@beu.edu.tr

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Gülnar KARA, Serap TOPRAK (2016). Isolation of Russia in the Shade of 19th Century Balkan’s Politics. Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches, 5(4), 677-689. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-2640