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370: 442: 122: 25: 130: 491:, which had come to dominate political demands, was viewed with sympathy by the French, Russians, Prussians, and Sardinians, it was rejected by the Austrian Empire, and viewed with suspicion by Great Britain and the Ottomans. Negotiations amounted to an agreement over a minimal and formal union - however, elections for the 344: 260: 312:
These, while connected with the first administrative reforms, generally had to rely on spoliation, and coincided with a disastrous stage in the countries' history, given that the two became a major theatre of war in a series of confrontations between Russian, Habsburg, and Ottoman forces (until the
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government, created a new legal framework that reformed public administration, and deeply influenced political life in the following decades. The Russian pressures for changes in the text were perceived by Wallachians and Moldavians as a drive to remove the territories from Ottoman rule and annex
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suzerainty, preserving their self-rule in all aspects, except for the period of the so-called Phanariote Rule (1711 - 1821), when foreign affairs were dictated by the Sublime Porte.
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of 1859 profited from an ambiguity in the text of the final agreement (specifying two thrones, but not preventing the same person from occupying both) and made possible the rule of
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After a marked decline in independence and prosperity over the 17th and 18th centuries, further independent and insurgent rules, which connected the two countries with
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were viewed with a degree of sympathy by the Porte, but calls by Russia ultimately led to a common occupation in the years following the rebellion's crushing.
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situation. The term was largely used then by foreign political circles and public opinion until the union of the two principalities in 1859. Alongside
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Although these events brought about the disestablishment of Phanariote rules by the Porte itself, this was of little consequence in itself, as a new
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mid-19th century, they frequently came under temporary Russian or Habsburg occupation, and sometimes administration — as happened to the regions of
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brought a period of Russian occupation under formal Ottoman supervision, extended between 1829 and the
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Empires and Peninsulas: Southeastern Europe Between Karlowitz and the Peace of Adrianople, 1699–1829
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The union was cemented by Cuza's unsanctioned interventions in the text of previous
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In the nineteenth century, Moldavia and Wallachia became involved in the cause of
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The Principalities of the Danube wider concept – Moldavia, Wallachia, and Serbia
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rules over the two countries (1711 in Moldavia and 1714 in Wallachia).
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Historical term for the eastern Balkan states of Moldavia and Wallachia
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had been present for the polities which preceded the unifying rule of
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empire. This coincided with the period of national awakening and the
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maneuvered in Moldavia during the anti-Phanariote and pro-Eterian
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In a wider context, the concept may also apply to the
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Royal Full Achievement of Arms (coat of arms) of the
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The Danubian Principalities in the mid-19th century
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 534:made measures taken against the union impossible. 189:(1774) in order to designate an area on the lower 723: 509:United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia 415:- the rejection of Russian tutelage during the 203:United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia 455:The aftermath of Russian defeat in 1856 (the 681:Wikisource:The Principalities of the Danube 632: 623:, Habilitationsschrift, Graz, 1984, pp. 8–9 465:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 691: 674: 661:"www.harpers.org/archive/1876/03/0044983" 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 440: 426: 368: 342: 258: 128: 120: 169:) was a conventional name given to the 724: 685: 653: 626: 517:unification of Moldavia and Wallachia 483:, and, albeit never again fully, the 433:Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia 328: 278:(in the case of Wallachia, Hungarian 549:) - ultimately, Romania was awarded 266:'s coat of arms (early 18th century) 47:adding citations to reliable sources 18: 13: 14: 763: 528:Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 515:from 1862). 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Romanian
Serbian
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Principalities
Moldavia
Wallachia
Habsburg monarchy
Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
Danube
geopolitical
Transylvania
United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Kingdom of Romania
nation-state
Romania
Principality of Serbia
suzerainty

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