Pan-Slavism
Pan-SlavismThe movement intended to bring about the political unity of all Slavs. It should be distinguished from both Slavophilism, which was purely cultural and acted as a powerful stimulus towards the revival of Slavonic languages and literature, and from Austro-Slavism, which sought to improve the lot of Slavs within Austria-Hungary . The aim of Pan-Slavism was to destroy the Austrian and Ottoman empires in order to establish a federation of Slav peoples under the aegis of the Russian emperor. The ideology was developed in Russia, where it took on a militant and nationalistic form and helped provoke the Russo-Turkish War ( 1877 – 78 ). Another manifestation was the Balkan League of 1912 by which Russia supported nationalist...
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