HIST 1084 Lecture 7: Russia and Ottoman Empire
Document Summary
Control the peasants and serfs on behalf of the tzar. Political / religious empire: protectors of the sacred city. Believe that mohammed successors are elected from a qualified group. Once your rep as a power is undermined, it is hard to recover. Unpopular among religious scholars (ulama) and military. Congress of paris (1856) treaty ended war but satisfied nobody. Russia lost right to intervene in balkans. Ottomans restricted in treatment of christians, confirmed declines. Replaces balance of congress of vienna (1815) with vendettas of 1856. Young turks challenge sultan"s authority with islamic modernism. After another russia ottoman war, bismarck invites major powers to berlin. Goal: control russia and ottoman, enrich germany, france, austria, britain. Short term solution with long term consequences. But sultan abdul hamid crushes young turks. Deep division in ottoman empire based on view of modernity. 1908 young turks ousts sultan, create secular state based on 1876 constitution. Empire enters world war i, divided, weakened, and broke.
