“General news about the Levant consulates” by Ivan Voinovich (1782)
Abstract
It is a first publication of an unknown diplomatic document. It describes the consular services of European countries in the Ottoman Empire, their organization, field of activity, income and expenses. The publication is preceded by an introductory article, which analyzes the historical conditions of the formation of European consular offices and the beginning of the creation of a network of Russian ones, as well as the activities of one of the first Russian consuls in the Middle East, Ivan Voinovich.
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Received: 05/12/2019
Accepted: 06/12/2019
Accepted date: 07/12/2019
Keywords: Russian foreign Policy in the 19th century, Levant, consular offices in the Ottoman Empire, Ivan Voinovich, foreigners in the Russian service
Available in the on-line version with: 30.06.2019
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