Introduction
Introduction
This chapter introduces the debates surrounding the formation of the movement for Greek independence and the emergence of Greek national identity. It reviews Russian foreign policy in the Ottoman Empire and the Near East during the reign of Nicholas I (1825–55), comments on the nature of nineteenth-century Balkan independence movements, and situates the study in relation to the historiography. It also explores Russia’s involvement in the Orthodox East in the decades surrounding the Greek War of Independence (1821–30), with emphasis on the religious motivation behind Russian foreign policy. Finally, it reviews the archival sources of the study, outlines the structure of the book, and briefly summarizes the contents of each chapter.
Keywords: Imperial Russia, Russian foreign policy, Modern Greece, Greek War of Independence, Russian–Greek relations, the Ottoman Empire, Balkan nationalism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Question
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