ENGLISH

Russia's Balkan Entanglements, 1806-1914

By Barbara Jelavich

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
0521401267, 0521522501
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18708286 bytes)
Pages
290\152
Topic
History
Orientation
landscape
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-04-09 14:05:40

Description

In the century between 1806 and 1914 tsarist Russia was drawn into five wars due to its deep involvement, based on treaty rights and established traditions, in Balkan affairs. This book examines the reason for the Russian involvement in the Balkan peninsula and attempts to explain at least partially the connection that drew the Russian government into entanglements that were not only dangerous to its great power interests, but were also difficult to control. The wars, waged at a high human and economic cost, limited the resources that could be spent on internal development and in particular when they ended in defeat, led to domestic unrest and after 1856 and 1917 to drastic internal change.

Similar books