Moldavian Revolution of 1848
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The Moldavian Revolution of 1848 is the name used for the unsuccessful Romanian liberal and Romantic nationalist movement inspired by the Revolutions of 1848 in the principality of Moldavia. Initially seeking accommodation within the political framework defined by the Regulamentul Organic, it eventually rejected it as imposed by foreign powers (the Russian Empire) and called for more thorough political reforms. Led by a group of young intellectuals, the movement was mostly limited to petitioning and constitutional projects, unlike the successful uprising taking place later that year in neighbouring Wallachia, and it was quickly suppressed. This was despite the fact that the Moldavian revolutionaries were more moderate and willing to compromise in their demands for reforms than their Wallachian counterparts, as Moldavian political and social life continued to be dominated by a landed, conservative aristocracy, with the middle class still embryonic.[1]
Moldavian Revolution of 1848 | |||||||
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Part of the Revolutions of 1848 and the national awakening of Romania | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Moldavia Russian Empire Ottoman Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Vasile Alecsandri Mihail Kogălniceanu Ion Ionescu |
Mihail Sturdza Grigore Alexandru Ghica Alexander Duhamel |