Crimea in the Era of Napoleon: the ‘French trace’ in regional politics

When the Crimea acquired the status of Russian territory in 1783, it became an imperial ‘borderland’ a long way from Saint Petersburg. However, in the geopolitical aspirations of European powers, and, also, from the viewpoint of the Russian Empire, the Crimea was not a remote periphery. The Russian...

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Main Author: Denis V. Konkin
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2019-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Russian History
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/viewFile/21630/17148