Unofficial Diplomacy in Russian-Serbian Relations in Early and Mid-19th Century

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At the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813), in addition to official authorities, its leaders used other channels in their contacts with Russia. The key figures were two clergymen with political influence: the Karlovac Metropolitan Stefan Stratimirović and Archpriest A.A. Samborsky. A new surge of unofficial diplomacy emerged after the Crimean War, and the scenario and roles of the participants in the interaction resembled what had happened at the beginning of the century. However, by this time, a fairly broad and extensive network of supporters of the «Slavic cause» had already formed in Russia. Its key figures were the Empress's maid of honor A.D. Bludova and the rector of the embassy church in Vienna Archpriest M.F. Raevsky. The Moscow Slavic Benevolent Committee, approved by the tsar at the beginning of 1858, was also considered an auxiliary instrument of Russia’s Balkan policy. Unofficial diplomacy could partially compensate for the lack of official resources of influence. The latter gained the necessary flexibility, but risked falling into a trap due to incomplete coordination of actions. A similar situation arose in connection with the support that was provided to M. Ban in preparing the uprising in Bosnia in 1860–1861.

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Michael V. Belov

National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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DSc. (History), the Head of the Chair

Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod

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