Moldavia - Dacia, Bessarabia, Regulamentul Organic, Slavery in Romania, Bukovina, Budjak, Charles-Frederic Reinhard, Danubian Principalities (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Dacia, Bessarabia, Regulamentul Organic, Slavery in Romania, Bukovina, Budjak, Charles-Frederic Reinhard, Danubian Principalities, Flag and coat of arms of Moldavia, Moldavian military forces, Pokuttya, Chronicle of Huru, Ionic T utu, inutul Dun rii, Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca, inutul Prut, Old Church Slavonic in Romania, Painted churches of northern Moldavia, Treaty of Adrianople, Sudi i, Hertza region, Administrative divisions of Moldavia, Gras de Cotnari, Khan Temir, The Royal Cellar, Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina. Excerpt: Regulamentul Organic (Romanian name, translated as Organic Statute or Organic Regulation; French: , Russian: O, Organichesky reglament) was a quasi-constitutional organic law enforced in 1834-1835 by the Imperial Russian authorities in Moldavia and Wallachia (the two Danubian Principalities that were to become the basis of the modern Romanian state). The onset of a common Russian protectorate which lasted until 1854, and itself in force until 1858, the document signified a partial confirmation of traditional government (including rule by the hospodars). Conservative in its scope, it also engendered a period of unprecedented reforms which provided a setting for the Westernization of local society. The Regulament offered the two Principalities their first common system of government. The two principalities, owing tribute and progressively ceding political control to the Ottoman Empire since the Middle Ages, had been subject to frequent Russian interventions as early as the Russo-Turkish War (1710-1711), when a Russian army penetrated Moldavia and Emperor Peter the Great probably established links with the Wallachians. Eventually, the Ottomans enforced a tighter control on the region, effected under Phanariote hospodars (who were appointed directly by the Porte). Otto...