Author: [Edited by] Adamov, Evgenii A.
Title: Razdel Aziatskoi Turtsii. Po Sekretnym Dokumentam B. Ministerstva Inostrannykh Del (Partitioning of Asiatic Turkey. According to Secret Documents of the Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Description: Moskva (Moscow): Litizdat NKID, 1924. Hardcover. First edition, 1 of 1500 copies; 10 1/2 x 6 3/4; pp. 384; rebound in brown buckram over boards; gilt title to spine; a few small rubbed spots to edges; first few leaves with creases to corners; faint penciled-in notes to margins of some pages; illustrated with large fold-out maps; very good condition. Arguably one of the most valuable collections of documents, concerning the Russian policy towards the Ottoman Empire in the pre-Revolution era, the book was preceded by another one on Greece and the other European countries during the First World War and followed by a third one on Turkey and the Black Sea straits, by the same author and historian Evgenii Adamov. Determined to gain unrestricted use of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits and, possibly, afraid that the British and the French would independently gain control over Constantinople, or alternately, the Germans would band with Turkey and cut off Russia's Black Sea access, depending on the outcome of the First World War, the Triple Entente devised a plan, outlined in top secret documents and correspondence, that in case of victory - the Ottoman Empire would be divided and Russia would get Constantinople and designate it "a free port" and would also claim the Dardanelles. Unfortunately for Russia, the Revolution in 1917 halted the country's participation in the war and the secret agreements never affected Russia's control over the former Ottoman lands. Ill.: 0. 2.

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