SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF FOREIGN POLICY OF NICHOLAS I (ACCORDING THE MEMORIES OF CONTEMPORARIES) by E. P. Kudryavtseva

“…They noted some traits of his personality, political views, commitment to order and military service. They left valuable remembrance about all important foreign-policy cases the Russian Emperor was involved in: Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829), contacts with the Balkan states, Eastern Question within the framework of the Russian role in the course of events of the Egyptian–Ottoman War (1832–1833); hostility against French Revolutions and contacts with the allied Prussia and the Austrian Empire. …”
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Vuk S. Karadžić: Srbi všetci a všade. Od juhoslovanstva k myšlienke “Veľkého Srbska” by Maroš Melichárek

“…The first possibility is that Vuk Karadžič consciously increased the number of Serbs to the detriment of Croats and Bosnian Muslims or Slav Muslims in the Ottoman Empire. We may also consider the fact that Vuk Karadžič to some extent adopted the ideas of prominent European Slavicists (Kopitar, Šafárik, Dobrovský and others). …”
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Obraz křesťanského rytíře? Turcika ve šlechtických zbrojnicích raného novověku by Vítězslav Prchal

“… Early modern society of Central Europe had to cope with being a neighbor to the Ottoman Empire, which represented a vastly different culture and/or civilization. …”
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