Smyrna during the orlov rebellion (1770): Internal conflicts and European intervention
Abstract
The Russian naval expedition to the Mediterranean under the Orlov
brothers during the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-1774 caused tumult in
the Balkans and resulted in serious consequences for the Greek populations
of the Aegean basin. This paper investigates the problems confronting
Smyrna —one of the largest commercial ports of the Levant, with a
considerable Greek and European population— following the Ottoman
naval defeat at nearby Cheshme (5-7 July 1770).
The study is based on heretofore unpublished documents of the Venetian
Consulate of Smyrna, as well as a large number of published documents
and other sources. These sources yield new information on the
massacre of over one thousand Greeks and the persecution of Christians
by the Ottomans; the catastrophic effects on the European Levant trade;
the deputation of the European consults of Smyrna to Alexios Orlov requesting
him not to attack the city, as well as subsequent European contacts
with Orlov; and the general situation in the city of Smyrna up to
1774, when the Russian fleet sailed from the Aegean. Relevant documents
from the State Archives of Venice are appended to the study.
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Παπαδία-Λάλα Α. (1984). Smyrna during the orlov rebellion (1770): Internal conflicts and European intervention. Bulletin of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies, 5, 133–185. https://doi.org/10.12681/deltiokms.210
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