Nineteenth-century Imperial Russian Foreign Policy

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

This panel explores Russian international relations during the nineteenth century. The papers probe Russian activity in Spain during the Napoleonic Wars, Russia and the Eastern Question from the Congress of Vienna until the Crimean War, as well as Russian activity in Central Asia. Each paper draws on different sources, published and archival, to contribute to the scholarly understanding of Russian foreign policy and global connections at this time.

Sub Unit

• History: Russian and Eurasian, 1800-1924

Chair

• John Athanasios Mazis, Hamline U

Papers

• Russian Policy in Spain and the Coming of the Peninsular War, 1805-1809 - Lucien Frary, Rider U

• Peace for Europe, War to the Sultan? Russia and the Paradoxes of the Eastern Question, from Vienna to the Crimean War - Stella Ghervas, U of Alabama at Birmingham

Discussant

• Ronald P. Bobroff, Oglethorpe U