Georgi S. Rakovski in Wallachia (1855)
Two Greek Documents
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Georgi Stoikov Rakovski (1821–1867) was a prominent revolutionary figure of the 19th century Bulgaria and more broadly the Balkans, who served Bulgarian nationalism both with “pen” and “sword”. His life and his ideas have, justifably enough, attracted historical interest which resulted in the production of a voluminous and well-rounded bibliography.2 Despite, however, the intensive and ongoing research on Rakovski’s life and activities, there still remain many unanswered questions and “gaps” in our knowledge for certain phases of his life, one of which is his sojourn in Wallachia in 1855–1856. The aim of my short contribution to this volume is to present two documents which testify to Rakovski’s acquisition of the Greek citizenship in 1843.
References
See, among others, Veselin Traikov, Georgi Stojkov Rakovski. Biografija, Sofia, Bălgarska Akademija na Naukite, Institut za Balkanistika, 1974 and Mari A. Firkatian, The Forest Traveler: Georgi Stoikov Rakovski and Bulgarian Nationalism, New York, Peter Lang, 1996.
Traikov, Georgi Stojkov Rakovski, 111–115 and Firkatian, The Forest Traveler, 41–45.
For the Greek Volunteers see Maria N. Todorova, «The Greek Volunteers in the Crimean War», Balkan Studies 25/2 (1984), 539–564.
The Diplomatic and Historical Archive (D.H.A) of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides ample documentation for the prosecution of those who had cooperated with the Russians during the Russian occupation of the Principalities. See for example, D.H.A., folder 36.5a/1855, Greek Consulates in the Danubian Principalities. For the Austrian occupation of the Principalities see Leonid Boicu, Austria şi Principatele Române în vremea războiului Crimeii 1853–1856, Bucharest, Editura Academiei Romune, 1972.
Arhiv na G. S. Rakovski, v. I, Pisma i răkopisi na Rakovski, Sofi a, Bălgarska Akademija na Naukite, 1952, p. 496. For this complicated subject see Traikov, Georgi Stojkov Rakovski, p. 83.
See Cornelia Papacostea-Danielopolu, «Une citoyenneté empirique: le statut des marchands étrangers en Valachie (1829–1859)», Actes du IIe Colloque international d’Histoire, Économies méditerranéennes: Équilibres et intercommunications XIIIe–XIXe siиcles, v. III, Athens 1986, 205–216.
Diplomatic and Historical Archives, Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, folder 49.1/1855.
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