Annals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists) (May 2014)
SOME VIEW POINTS ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SAIN T MARTYR PRINCE CONSTANTIN VODĂ BRÂNCOVEANU AND TSAR PETER I THE GREAT
Abstract
Constantin Brâncoveanu (1688-1714), Prince of Wallachia, and Peter I the Great (1682-1725), Tsar of the entire Russia, are remembered as two European personalities of remarkable importance. Their relationship was indirect, as they never had actually met. Nevertheless, in their foreign politic both were united by a common aspiration towards to blow the Sublime Porte. By his actions the Romanian voivode aspired to maintain the independence of his state. In its turn, the tsar was looking to conquer the Istanbul and to get into control over three continents
