Secrets of the Balkans . rom Roumania the northernpart of Moldavia, which was afterwards known asBucowina. In 1812, by the terms of a treaty betweenTurkey and Russia, the latter acquired the territory ofBessarabia, which was taken from the 1821 a revolution broke out in Moldavia and Walachia,which resulted in compelling the Turks to withdraw theTurkish and Greek rulers, and in their place substitutemembers of the Roumanian nobility. Naturally theselatter did all in their power to improve the condition oftheir countrymen. Another revolution took place in1848, but nothing was gaine

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Secrets of the Balkans . rom Roumania the northernpart of Moldavia, which was afterwards known asBucowina. In 1812, by the terms of a treaty betweenTurkey and Russia, the latter acquired the territory ofBessarabia, which was taken from the 1821 a revolution broke out in Moldavia and Walachia,which resulted in compelling the Turks to withdraw theTurkish and Greek rulers, and in their place substitutemembers of the Roumanian nobility. Naturally theselatter did all in their power to improve the condition oftheir countrymen. Another revolution took place in1848, but nothing was gained by it. After the Crimean war in 1856, Roumania was putunder protection of the great powers, established at theParis Congress, and Bessarabia was returned to 1858 the Paris Congress permitted the union ofMoldavia and Walachia, but required that they haveseparate rulers. Nevertheless, a year later, AlexanderJon Cuza was elected to rule over both countries. Withthe aid of France, this amalgamation eventually gained. Roumanian Residence in Bucharest

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