ФИЛИП ХРИСТИЋ У ДРУШТВЕНОМ ЖИВОТУ ЦАРИГРАДА
FILIP HRISTIĆ IN THE CONSTANTINOPOLE SOCIAL LIFE

Summary/Abstract: Filip Hristić was a Serbian statesman and a diplomat who had some influence on Serbian political scene during the 19th century. His handling of his duties and social life among diplomatic representatives in Constantinople from 1870’s to 1880’s, with interruptions, contributed to strengthening of the Serbian Principality independency from the Ottoman Empire. As a French student and a state scholarship holder accustomed to both life in the West and Balkan working environment in Belgrade, he had to find his way in the hectic Turkish capital at the crossroads between East and West. Hristić’s biggest contribution to the Serbian politics in Constantinople was his ability to talk to all Constantinople representatives of the foreign powers in a friendly way. Hristić’s diplomatic missions in Constantinople contributed to the research of the development of Serbian diplomacy from the separate missions to the permanent legations when Serbia became independent from the Ottoman Empire. These missions also depicted diplomatic life in Turkish capital and Turkish diplomatic protocols. It can be concluded that Hristić successfully adapted to the diplomatic life and Constantinople social scene.

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