Tsarist Russia in Greater Syria: Defending Orthodox Interests 1825 - 1917

Tsarist Ambitions: Russia’s Orthodox Embrace of Greater Syria, 1825-1917

This work examines the legacy of the Russian Empire’s activities in the Near East in the century before World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. Motivated by feelings of kinship between Orthodox communities, the Russian Empire played a key role in the Eastern Mediterranean, from political matters such as the Crimean War and Greek Independence to ecclesial questions like supporting the birth of a native Arabic-…