Treaty of Adrianople (1829): Difference between revisions

The '''Treaty of Adrianople''' (also called the '''Treaty of Edirne''') concluded the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)|Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29]], between [[Imperial Russia]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]]. The terms favored Russia, which gained access to the mouths of the [[Danube]] and new territory on the [[Black Sea]]. The Treaty opened the [[Dardanelles]] to all commercial vessels, granted autonomy to [[Ottoman Serbia|Serbia]], and promised autonomy for [[Ottoman Greece|Greece]]. It also allowed Russia to occupy [[Moldavia]] and [[Walachia]] until the Ottoman Empire had paid a large [[indemnity]]; those indemnities were later reduced. The Treaty was signed on 14 September 1829 in [[Adrianople]] by Count [[Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov]] of Russia and by {{Interlanguage link multi|Abdülkadir Bey|tr|3=Abdülkâdir Bey}} of the Ottoman Empire.<ref name= Acton>{{cite book | title = The Cambridge Modern History | author = John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton | publisher = Macmillan & Co| year = 1907 | page = 202 }}</ref>

Among the inhabitants of the annexed territory, [[Georgians]] predominated, in addition to whom there lived [[Azerbaijanis]] ("Tatars" in the terminology of that time), [[Turkish people|Turks]], [[Armenians]], [[Kurds]]. Soon after the end of hostilities, Turks and Kurds left the newly annexed territories to the Ottoman Empire, and about 30 thousand Ottoman Armenians from [[Erzurum]] and [[Kars]] Pashalyks settled in their places. The resettled Armenians were not only settled in the [[Akhaltsikhe]] and [[Akhalkalaki]] regions, but also in [[Tbilissi]], [[Erevan]] and [[Nakhchivan (city)|Nakhchivan]].<ref>Наталия Георгиевна Волкова, «Этнические процессы в Закавказье в XIX—XX вв»</ref>