Western Civilization II / Unit 13 WC2 1217 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Sick Man of Europe: Russia, the Crimea, and the Eastern Question
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The idea
The Ottoman core was never conquered, but European power hollowed its sovereignty. Russia was the greatest threat. Küçük Kaynarca in seventeen seventy-four gave Russia Black Sea coast and a claim to protect Orthodox subjects; the Crimea was annexed in seventeen eighty-three.
In practice
Catherine's war, not seventeen forty-four.
Where people slip
The anchor says seventeen forty-four; the witness gives seventy-four and eighty-three.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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