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Tsar Nicholas, shortly after learning of the …
Years: 1853 - 1853
July
Tsar Nicholas, shortly after learning of the failure of Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov's diplomacy, and using the Sultan's failure to resolve the issue of the Holy Places as a pretext, orders his armies into the Ottoman principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, in which Russia is the acknowledged special guardian of the Orthodox Church.
Nicholas believes that the European powers will not object strongly to the annexation of a few neighboring Ottoman provinces, especially given Russian involvement in suppressing the Revolutions of 1848.
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- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Ottoman Empire
- Moldavia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
- Wallachia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
- Prussia, Kingdom of
- Russian Empire
- Greece, Kingdom of
- France, Second Empire of
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Years: 1853 - 1853
July
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Ottoman Empire
- Moldavia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
- Wallachia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
- Prussia, Kingdom of
- Russian Empire
- Greece, Kingdom of
- France, Second Empire of
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Subjects
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Subregions