title: Russia and the Serbs (Serbia) from the Eastern Question to Contemporary Relations
abstract: Tsarist Russia defined its policy towards the Balkans, including Serbian territories, mostly within the framework of the Eastern Question. The fall and collapse of the Ottoman Empire after 1683, until the end of the First World War, meant the liberation and unification of the conquered Christian, mostly Orthodox peoples of the Balkan Peninsula and, at the same time, increased the influence of Russia, the Habsburg Monarchy and some other European powers. Russia's advantage within the Eastern Ques
journal: Institute of International Politics ; Economics eBooks