title: Russia’s entry into World War I: Echoes and reactions in Serbia (July–August 1914)
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Radivojević, Miroslav
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2016-08-11T11:09:46Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2016-08-11T11:09:46Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2016
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/2587
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper aims at highlighting Serbian reactions and responses to the support provided to
  Serbia from Russia during the July crisis of 1914 and after Austro-Hungary’s announcement of war against
  Serbia. The work is based on historical data, published documents, journalism, as well as diaries and
  memoirs of contemporaries. The review includes the position of diplomatic, political and military leaders
  of Serbia. Public opinion and views of prominent figures of the time are also examined. Upon receiving the
  Austro-Hungarian ultimatum on the 23rd of July, the Minister of Finance Lazar Paču first contacted Vasiliy
  Shtrandtman. Russian chargé d’affaires was thus, according to his own words, the first foreigner cognizant
  of the ultimatum contents. The diplomat was soon visited by Regent Alexander and the head of the Serbian
  government Nikola Pašić, who sought advice. Regent Alexander’s telegram to Tsar Nicholas II, sent on
  the 24th of July, was the following step in the Serbian officials’ reliance on the powerful Slavic state. At
  the same time, Serbian diplomatic representatives abroad (among whom the most important were those in
  Rome and London) were informed from Belgrade that the key to the situation lay in the attitude of Russia.
  The Russian government then counselled Serbia to withdraw the troops if it wasn’t capable of defence, and
  to allow the great forces to solve the dispute. Russia created and endorsed peace initiatives. In response
  to the aforementioned letter of Regent Alexander, which Nicholas II sent on the 27th of July, he advised
  Serbia to support his efforts directed towards «avoiding bloodshed», but he also assured the Regent that
  «Russia would not abandon Serbia» even in the case of war. Serbia’s great expectations from the orthodox
  empire were fairly conspicuous. Shtrandtman remembered very emotional reception of the aforementioned
  Tsar’s telegram. In the official diplomatic relations, the representatives of the Kingdom of Serbia expressed
  gratitude to Russia for its help. Each move of the Slavic empire was minutely analysed and examined,
  and there was a «mystical confidence» in its power. The public followed the messages from St. Petersburg
  very carefully. These were some of the headlines in Serbian newspapers: «Friends care about Serbia»;
  «Serbia is not alone»; «Serbia is safe, Russia supports it»; «The Russians for the Serbs»; «Russia rises» etc.
  While protecting its «small ally» from devastation, Russia simultaneously protected its own interests and the
  reputation of a great power. Moreover, Serbia was given the opportunity to fight for its own survival, and to
  accomplish its war aims. By a cruel irony, the Russian empire disappeared in the whirlwind of war, and thus
  its actions were even more respected.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: Публикуемая статья является результатом исследования, выполненного в рамках проекта Министерства просвещения, науки и технологического развития Республики Сербия «Сербская нация — интеграционные и дезинтеграционные процессы» (Рад је настао као резултат истраживања на пројекту
  Министарства просвете, науке и технолошког развоја «Српска нација — интегративни и дезинтегративни процеси». Ев. бр. 177014).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana;Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: World War I
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: July crisis
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Serbian-Russian relations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Kingdom of Serbia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian empire
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Russia’s entry into World War I: Echoes and reactions in Serbia (July–August 1914)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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