The Fall of the Dubrovnik Republic and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski in the Service of Russian Politics

Poljski knez Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, predstojnik Ministarstva vanjskih poslova Rusije, pokušao je 1806. ostvariti svoje antinapoleonske koncepcije. Nakon traktata u Požunu nastajao je blokirati priznanje francuske vlasti nad istočnom obalom Jadrana. U radu je posebna pažnja posvećena crnogorskoruskoj oružanoj akciji na području Boke kotorske i Dubrovačke Republike, koju je 1806. godine potaknuo Czartoryski. Ruski se ministar u svojim planovima nije nadao da će akcija rusko-crnogorskih četa prouzročiti krvavi nacionalni sukob i val nasilja koje su Rusi i Crnogorci izvršili nad tamošnjim katolicima. Otpor domaćeg stanovništva bio je jedan od čimbenika koji je pridonio uspjehu napoleonske vojske na tom području.The author examines the Russian and Montenegrin offensive onto the territory of Boka kotorska and Republic of Dubrovnik in 1806, and the role of Adam Jerzy Czartoryski in these developments. As commissioner of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Polish count was determined to achieve his anti-Napoleon ideas. After the Treaty of Pressburg he tried to obstruct the recognition of French rule over the eastern coast of the Adriatic. However, Czartoryski’s plans failed to foresee that the advance of the Russian and Montenegrin forces in Boka kotorska and Dalmatia would result in bloody national conflicts. The Russians and Montenegrins plundered the Ragusan territory and terrorised its Catholic population, so that finally the resistance of the local people contributed to the success of Napoleon’s troops in this region