Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
The Treaty of Adrianople (also called the Treaty of Edirne) concluded the
Terms
The Ottoman Empire gave Russia access to the mouths of the Danube and the fortresses of
Under the Treaty of Adrianople, the Sultan reguaranteed the previously promised autonomy to Serbia, promised autonomy for Greece, and allowed Russia to occupy Moldavia and Wallachia until the Ottoman Empire had paid a large indemnity. However, under the modifications the later Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi, these indemnities were sharply curtailed.[4] The treaty also fixed the border between the Ottoman Empire and Wallachia on the thalweg of the Danube, transferring to Wallachia the rule of the rayas of Turnu, Giurgiu and Brăila.[5][6]
The main sections of the treaty were as follows:
- In recognition of the Treaty of London, the independence of Greece, or autonomy under Ottoman suzerainty, was accepted.
- The Ottoman Empire had nominal suzerainty over the Danube states of Moldavia and Wallachia; for all practical purposes, they were independent.
- Russia took control of the towns of Anape and Poti in Caucasus.
- The Russian traders in Turkey were placed under the legal jurisdiction of the Russian ambassador.
Demographic changes
Among the inhabitants of the annexed territory,
In popular culture
- The Treaty of Adrianople is mentioned several times in "The General," an episode of the 1960s British TV series The Prisoner.
See also
References
- ISBN 3141009198.
- ^ John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1907). The Cambridge Modern History. Macmillan & Co. p. 202.
- ISBN 978-1851096725.
The Turks recognize Russian possession of Georgia and the khanates of Yerevan (Erivan) and Nakhichevan that had been ceded by Persia to Russia the year before.
- ^ Note 285 contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 12 (International Publishers: New York, 1979) p. 678.
- ^ Constantin Giurescu. Istoria Românilor. București, 1938.
- ^ Nicolae Iorga. Istoria Românilor. București, 1934.
- ^ Наталия Георгиевна Волкова, «Этнические процессы в Закавказье в XIX–XX вв»
Further reading
- Anderson, M.S. The Eastern Question, 1774–1923: A Study in International Relations (1966) online
- Ciachir, Nicolae. "The Adrianople Treaty (1829) and Its European Implications." in European Politics 1815–1848 (Routledge, 2017) pp. 95–113.
- Kerner, Robert J. "IV. Russia's New Policy in the near East after the Peace of Adrianople; Including the Text of the Protocol of 16 September 1829." Cambridge Historical Journal 5.3 (1937): 280–290.
- Šedivý, Miroslav. "From Adrianople to Münchengrätz: Metternich, Russia, and the Eastern Question 1829—33." International History Review 33.2 (2011): 205–233.
External links
Full text of the Treaty in "The History of the Eastern Question", p.68, at https://archive.org/details/history-of-eastern-question-2nd/page/n11/mode/2up
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