Ioniță Sandu Sturdza - primul domnitor pământean urcat pe tronul Moldovei, după domniile fanariote
Ionita Sandu Sturdza - the first native ruler acceded to the throne of Moldova, after the Phanariots
Author(s): Ioan UngureanuSubject(s): Military history, Political history, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Complexul Muzeal “Iulian Antonescu” Bacău
Keywords: Ioniță Sandu Sturdza; throne of Moldavia; landowners; Phanariotes; Etaireia; the Russian and the Ottoman Empires under conflict;
Summary/Abstract: Ioniță Sandu Sturdza, a landlord from Săucești, has been appointed ruler of Moldavia in 1822, after 110 years of Phanariot rule. The situation became possible in the context of the conflict between the Ottoman and Russian Empires, as the latter one has supported Etaireia, a movement that tried, as the rulers and the Phanariotes in the Romanian Principalities did, tho liberate Greece from the Ottoman occupation. His dethronement was made by the Russian troops which had occupied Moldavia in 1828.
Journal: Carpica
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: XLIII
- Page Range: 99-116
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Romanian