Open AccessBeirut under Russian rule. Part 2. The siege and the occupation (1773-1774)
Author(s) -
Taras Kobishchanov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ vseobŝaâ istoriâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-833X
pISSN - 2312-8127
DOI - 10.22363/2312-8127-2019-11-1-16-33
Subject(s) - siege , the imaginary , ancient history , history , spanish civil war , middle east , political science , geography , economic history , archaeology , psychology , psychotherapist
During the Russian-Ottoman war of 1768-1774 Russia became the rst European country that invaded Middle East in the Modern times and even for the short period occupied its part: the town of Beirut. The events that preceded the assault and capture of the town were xed by the local chroniclers and Russian ocers; as well they were reected in the messages of Arab rulers and the reports of the diplomats residing in Syria. As a result the volumetric picture of the society is emerging that for the rst time faced the colonial expansion of the modernized Europe. The second part of presented article presents the picture of life of the town during the siege of 1773 and its following Russian troops’ occupation, that at rst indeed took place, and then imaginary. Special attention is paid to the changes in the system of co-existence of dierent ethno-religious communities of Beirut.