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History of Russia from the Foundation of the Empire by Rourick to the Close ... Alphonse Rabbe,Jonathan Duncan Affichage du livre entier - 1854 |
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Page 170 - ... in virtue of which it has at all times been prohibited for the ships of war of foreign Powers to enter the Straits of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus ; and that, so long as the Porte is at peace, His Majesty will admit no foreign ship of war into the said Straits.
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Page 136 - Bussia are small, it must be admitted, in extent, although most important, in their character. They are commanding positions, far more valuable than the possession of barren provinces and depopulated towns, and better calculated to rivet the fetters by which the sultan is bound.
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Page 136 - Prominently advanced into the centre of Armenia, in the midst of a Christian population, Russia holds the keys both of the Persian and the Turkish provinces; and, whether she may be disposed to extend her conquests to the east or to the west, to Teheran or to Constantinople, no serious obstacle can arrest her progress.
Page 159 - Porte under the obligation of furnishing it, the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in place of the aid which it is bound to furnish in case of need, according to the principle of reciprocity of the Patent Treaty, shall confine its action in favour of the Imperial Court of Russia to closing the Strait of the Dardanelles, that is to say, to not allowing any Foreign Vessels of War to enter therein under any pretext whatsoever.
Page 234 - Porte promises to protect the Christian religion and the churches belonging to it; and it also permits the ministers of the Imperial Court of Russia to make, on all occasions, representations, as well in respect...
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| Titre | History of Russia from the Foundation of the Empire by Rourick to the Close of the Hungarian War Volume 2 de History of Russia: From the Foundation of the Empire by Rourick to the Close of the Hungarian War, Jonathan Duncan |
| Auteurs | Alphonse Rabbe, Jonathan Duncan |
| Rédacteur | Jonathan Duncan |
| Traduit par | Jonathan Duncan |
| Éditeur | H. Ingram and Company, 1854 |
| Original provenant de | Université d'Oxford |
| Numérisé | 5 juil. 2006 |
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