Задаци Руске спољне политике на балкану у другој половини xix вијека и међународно правни значај одлука у Сан Стефануи Берлину за Србију и Црну Гору
Aims of the Russian Foreign Policy in the Balkans in the Second Half of the 19th Century and International and Legal Importance of Decisions in Saint Stephen and Berlin for Serbia and Montenegro

Summary/Abstract: The author has divided his article into two parts. The first part has been dedicated to the aims of the Russian foreign policy in the Balkans in the second half of the 19th century, where he described the new phase in development of the Russian foreign policy led by A.M. Gortchakoff. At that moment, Russia needed to find powerful political ally among the Western-European states and the central issue of its policy was to reestablish the central position in the Balkan region. The second part of the article has been dedicated to the international and legal importance of decisions taken at the congresses in Saint Stephen and Berlin for Serbia and Montenegro. Decisions of international recognition of independence of Serbia and Montenegro determined not only their international position, but also influenced its internal development. The Great Eastern Crisis revealed the fact that Russia turned itself toward Bulgaria, as its main political support in the Balkans. Aiming to create the Greater Bulgaria, Macedonia included, Russia estranged itself from its war ally Serbia, leaving it to the political influence of the Austria-Hungary. Conflict of the Serbian and Bulgarian national and political concept regarding Macedonia, turning of Serbia toward Vienna, with firm ties of Montenegro to Russia, caused the fact that the political life in the Balkans remained burdened with many problems and difficulties, even after the end of the Great Eastern Crisis.

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