Η παρουσία των Ρώσων στα Επτάνησα (1779- 1807) : όψεις της βαλκανικής πολιτικής της Ρωσίας από την άφιξη του Ušakov στα Επτάνησα μέχρι τη συνθήκη του Tilsit (1807)
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The main purpose of the arrival and establishment of the Russian land and naval
forces in the Ionian islands was to prevent Napoleon from landing in the Balkans
and to stop the ideology of the French Revolution from influencing the Balkan
peoples, who had to maintain their faith in Russia's future role os liberator.
Alhthough Russia's Balkan policy in 1779-1807 was advantegeous to the subjugated
Balkan peoples, the Anglo-Russian rivlry for influence in south-eastern Europe and
the eastern Mediterranean eventually proved a decisive factor in the continuation of
Ottoman sovereignty in the Balkans, and this disheartened the Balkan peoples. The
political lesson they learnt was that their liberation depended on themselves alone.
forces in the Ionian islands was to prevent Napoleon from landing in the Balkans
and to stop the ideology of the French Revolution from influencing the Balkan
peoples, who had to maintain their faith in Russia's future role os liberator.
Alhthough Russia's Balkan policy in 1779-1807 was advantegeous to the subjugated
Balkan peoples, the Anglo-Russian rivlry for influence in south-eastern Europe and
the eastern Mediterranean eventually proved a decisive factor in the continuation of
Ottoman sovereignty in the Balkans, and this disheartened the Balkan peoples. The
political lesson they learnt was that their liberation depended on themselves alone.
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