ROMANIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF ACCESSION OF ROMANIA TO THE CENTRAL POWERS (1883-1914)
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27 March 2026
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15 March 2015
Abstract
THROUGH THIS SYNTHESIS WE INTEND TO CONVEY A MORE OBJECTIVE AND REALISTIC VIEW ABOUT POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN ROMANIA AND RUSSIA DURING THE PERIOD 1883-1914, IN WHICH ROMANIA WAS PART OF THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY BLOC OF THE CENTRAL POWERS. FOR THE RULING CIRCLES IN BUCHAREST IT WAS CLEAR THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE GREAT POWERS, OR OF SOME OF THESE, A FOREIGN POLICY COULDN’T HAVE BEEN CARRIED IN THE ADVANTAGE OF ROMANIA. AT THAT TIME THE BEST SOLUTION WAS FOR ROMANIA TO JOIN THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. TREATIES WHICH ESTABLISHED THIS OPTION REPRESENTED THE BASIS OF THE ROMANIAN FOREIGN P OLICY UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I. ON THE OTHER HAND, RUSSIA WILL BE LINKED TO THE OTHER POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC LINEOUT, THE ENTENTE, COMPLETED IN 1907. HOWEVER, ROMANIA, WHO OPERATING A POLICY OF PRESERVING THE STATUS QUO IN THE BALKANS, WAS INTER ESTED IN MAINTAINING GOOD NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. ALSO DIPLOMACY TSARIST THAT SOUGHT TO KEEP AND EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE IN THE SAME REGION WAS TAKING LARGER INFLUENCE IN BUCHAREST TO COUNTERACT THE PLANS OF THE CENTRAL POWERS.
Keywords
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
CENTRAL POWERS
TRPLE ALLIANCE
THE ENTENTE
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