Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire position of the French Revolution 1789-1799

Abstract

The French Revolution of 1789 was not only an active event in the history of France, but also the entire European continent. As a revolutionary reaction to that revolution, the positions of European countries in general, Russia and the Ottoman Empire in particular, differed. Where Russia was divided in its positions of revolution between supporters and opponents. At the popular level, the revolution ended tyranny and injustice in France and these problems were the- most important of the Russian society, the Russian government as empire was opposed to that revolution, while the Emperor Paul I initially opposed it and then became a friend of Napoleon later, after Alexander took the power in Russia, he use the policy of peace, but that policy was short-lived. For Ottoman Empire, it took the revolution as purely internal affair and the consequences of this event at the international level were taken into account by the Ottomans as normal event. But as a result of France's seizure of the Ionian Islands as well as the ports of the EPIRAS region and the Ottoman ruling class concern of the revolution repercussions later, all that made it a source of threat and concern in the East for the Ottoman Empire and the Russians and this encouraged the Ottomans to take the right position from France and to seek to establish relations with Russia in order to preserve their interests.