HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Sublime Porte, Revolutions Of 1848 In The Austrian Empire, Crimean War
Document Summary
Signed between russia and the ottoman empire in 1833. Turkey would pay russia annually promise of mutual assistance should either be attacked by a foreign power a defensive treaty. A secret article exempted ottoman from sending military forces; instead, they were to close the dardanelles to all non-russian ships--possibly an offensive treaty. The great powers having reached a compromise to end the revolt of mehmet ali, the eastern. Question lay dormant for approximately a decade until revived by the revolutions of 1848. Russia could have seized the opportunity to attack the ottoman empire france and austria were at the time occupied by their own insurrections she chose not to do so. The emperor nicholas instead committed his troops to the defence of austria, deeming that the goodwill established in the process would allow him to seize ottoman possessions in europe at a later date. After the austrian revolution was suppressed, an austro-russian war against the ottoman empire seemed imminent.
