Intro -- Preface -- 1 Russian Policy in the Balkans, 1878-1914 -- 1.1 Between the Two Wars: 1856-1877 -- 1.2 After the Congress of Berlin: Fin de Si�ecle -- 1.3 The Macedonian Question -- 1.4 Russian Cooperation with Austro-Hungary -- 1.5 Russo-Austrian Attempts at Reforms in Macedonia: The M�urzsteg Agreement -- 1.6 The Bosnian Crisis (1908-1909) -- 1.7 Preparation of the Balkan League -- 2 The Byzantine Legacy in Russian Foreign Policy in the Second Part of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century -- 2.1 Historical Background -- 2.2 The Greek Megali idea -- 2.3 From Pan-Slavism to Imperial Nationalism -- 2.4 Russian Philhellenists -- 2.5 Plans for a Russian Constantinople during the First World War -- 3 Russia and the Patriarchate of Constantinople: Official and Unofficial Relations -- 3.1 Reforms in the Patriarchate -- 3.2 Joachim III: First Patriarchate -- 3.3 Struggle for Church Privileges (1884-1890) -- 3.4 Vacillating Relations (1891-1901) -- 3.5 Joachim III's Second Patriarchate -- 3.6 The Question of the Metropolitan of Skopje -- 3.7 Contacts with the Anglican Church -- 3.8 The Cyprus Ecclesiastical Question -- 3.9 The Bosnian Ecclesiastical Question -- 3.10 The Question of the Bessarabian Monastic Properties -- 3.11 Supporting the Chalki Theological School -- 3.12 After Joachim III: Patriarch Germanos V and Russia -- 4 Pan-Slavism or Imperial Nationalism? The Role of Russia in the Greek-Bulgarian Ecclesiastical Question (1878-1914) -- 5 Russia and Mt. Athos (1878-1914) -- 6 Russian Monks in the Dechani Monastery (1902-1914) -- 7 An Unrealized Project: The Myra Lycia Affair -- 8 Conclusion -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index.
The book analyzes Russian ecclesiastical policy in the diocese of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the period of 1878-1914. It is based mainly on unedited materials from the archives of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sofia, Athens, Belgrade and Istanbul. Using the existing publications, the author presents a new understanding of the role of Russia in the East Mediterranean region at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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