البعثة الروسية إلى بيت المقدس و مشكلة كنيسة القيامة و حرب القرم 1852-1856

Abstract EN

As a result of surrounding the Russian Empire with renewable waters, it was forced to search for new lands based on its colonial policy, like the other European countries that headed towards the eastern region, due to the Ottoman expansions in Europe, which prompted the major European countries at the time to launch campaigns and engage in wars with the Ottoman states that reached Expansion to Europe.

The European countries, including Tsarist Russia, found that religious cover is the most important factor that can be directed to reach the East, end the Ottoman Empire and control the rich capabilities of the East, so they took the holy places as a means to reach the East, especially since Russia considers itself the protector of the Orthodox in the East, as they represent the largest sect in the East Therefore, she has the right to protect her subjects, so she began sending missions to Palestine in order to protect the interests of her subjects there, which provoked the great powers, especially France and Britain, who encouraged the Ottoman Empire not to give Russia the keys to Bethlehem, and despite the fact that the Russian mission was one of the reasons for Russia's defeat in The Crimean War, however, contributed to the protection of Russian interests there, and also contributed to the transfer of manuscripts to Russia later.

The research was divided into several axes, including an overview of the Russian interest in the holy places, the Koji Kinarji Treaty and its impact on increasing Russian interference in the holy places and the right to send missions to protect its citizens there, and the Russian-Ottoman relations at the beginning of the nineteenth century, after which the mission was sent and the Crimean War and its consequences for the mission.