THE RUSSIAN – OTTOMAN PEACE TREATY OF KŰÇŰK KAYNARCA (1774)

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THE RUSSIAN – OTTOMAN PEACE TREATY OF KŰÇŰK KAYNARCA (1774)

Journal Title: Revista Romana de Studii Eurasiatice - Year 2005, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

During the period 1673-1878, then Russian-Ottoman wars were fought. Their cause was the Russian expansion towards the Black Sea, the Balkan Peninsula and the Straits ( Bosphorus and Dardanelles) and the Sublime Porte’s resistance against it. Within the framework of these wars, the Russian-Ottoman War of 1768-1774 has its own special place. At the end of this war, Russia managed to secure itself territorial gains (access to the Black Sea), economic freedoms (free navigation and trade on all seas and throughout the Ottoman Empire), as well as political and diplomatic advantages (the independence of the Khanate of Crimea, the right to protect and to intercede at the Porte for Moldavia and Wallachia, and for the Orthodox Christians in the Balkan Peninsula). Thus, the bases for the great Russian territorial expansion to were laid the detriment of the Ottoman Empire and of Moldavia (1774-1829) and, concurrently, for the advance of the Romanian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) and of the Christian Balkan peoples towards modernity, a larger autonomy, union and independence. This article concentrates upon the Russian-Ottoman peace treaty of Kűçűk Kaynarca (1774), which put an and to the above-mentioned war. For the first time, a complete Romanian translation of this treaty and partial Romanian translation of a Russian diplomatic report (1772) are published.

Authors and Affiliations

ADRIAN TERTECEL

Keywords

Russia Ottoman Empire KŰÇŰK KAYNARCA

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