| Titre | The Greek question [The view from Odessa 1815-1822] | |
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| Auteur | George F. Jewsbury | |
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Revue | Cahiers du monde russe |
| Numéro | volume 40, no 4, octobre-décembre 1999 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Documents |
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| Page | 751-762 | |
| Résumé anglais |
George F. Jewsbury. The Greek question : The view from Odessa 1815-1822. Coming as they did in 1821, when Tsar Alexander I simultaneously led the European Congress system against liberal and national uprisings and maintained the traditional pressure on the Ottoman Empire, the Northern and Southern Greek revolutions presented a grave challenge to Russia. In the first three months of that year, the focal point of that challenge was in Odessa, led by its Governor-General, the French émigré L. A. Langeron. Because of St. Petersburg's slowness in communicating the explicit changes in its foreign policy down the chain of command, Langeron pursued the traditional practice of supporting the Greeks in Odessa and their activities in the Black Sea region until the end of March. Prince Alexander Ypsilanti took advantage of this to use Russia as a staging ground for the Greek rising in the Danubian Principalities. After being roundly criticized by the Tsar and his Foreign Minister, Nesselrode, Langeron stopped support for the Greeks and began to follow closely the actions of the British in the region, which he considered hostile to Russia. He kept an especially wary eye on the British consul in Odessa and the ambassador in Constantinople. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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