UNDER THE IMPACT OF THE GREAT POWERS: IN THE BALANCE OF THE CENTURY (1792–1812)

The period from the Peace of Iasi till the Peace of Bucharest (1792–1812) is characterized by a worsening of international political relations. Dimitrie Morouzi, a member of the Ottoman negotiation delegation of the Peace Treaty from Bucharest, was an important secret informant of the Russians (disclosing the instructions received by the Turkish plenipotentiaries and referring to the sultan’s intentions regarding the territorial claims of the Russian Court), being stimulated with promises and material rewards, while the descendants of the Morouzi family were rewarded by the Russian authorities for their services. However, not the Morouzi family is guilty of the annexation of Bessarabia. Being urged by the danger of a war with France, the expostulation of the Great Western Powers to the realization of its expansionist plans in the South Eastern Europe and the resistance of the Ottoman diplomacy, the Tsarist government has substantially reduced its territorial claims. Russia’ s goal of occupying and maintaining the Romanian Principalities under its protection was only partially accomplished, so that in 1812, within the framework of the Eastern Question, the genesis of a new problem has been carried out, and namely that of Bessarabian Issue, which can be qualified as a compromise assignment from the Principality of Moldova