The Philhellenic Tendency in Russian Policy in the Orthodox East (1878‑1917)
The article argues that Panslavism was not the only theoretical base of Russian policy in the Middle East and the Balkans in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Both edited and archival sources clearly demonstrate the evolution in Russian political thought after the...
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| Argitaratua izan da: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/bchmc, |
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| Formatua: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Hizkuntza: | Anglais |
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Bulletin de correspondance hellénique moderne et contemporain
2020
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | The article argues that Panslavism was not the only theoretical base of Russian policy in the Middle East and the Balkans in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Both edited and archival sources clearly demonstrate the evolution in Russian political thought after the Crimean war. Sporadic and rather latent, the philhellenic tendency of the 1850s slowly shifted to a clearly articulated neo-Byzantinist imperialistic concept in the 1880s, concurring with the famous Greek “Megali Idea”. Another wing of Russian philhellenes openly recognized the Greek primacy in the Orthodox world. This idea survived until WWI, with a vast variety of forms, from serious historically based treaties to utopian phantasies. |
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