Russia and the Problem of a Scandinavian Defense Union in the Context of the Dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian Union (Based on the Reports of the Military Agent and the Imperial Envoys of Russia in the Scandinavian Countries in 1905)

  • N. S. Guseva Tyumen State University (Tyumen, Russia) Email: tasha_rus_90@mail.ru
DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/izvasu(2018)5-04
Keywords: the, the Swedish-Norwegian Union, the Scandinavian Defense Union

Abstract

The article analyzes the steps taken by the Russian government in connection with the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian Union, the recognition of Norway as an independent state, and the possible prospects for the establishment of the Scandinavian (Nordic) Defense Union comprising three kingdoms: Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The examination of the problem is mainly based on the materials of the Foreign Policy Archives of the Russian Empire (FPARE) and the Russian State Military Historical Archive (RSMHA), namely the reports and dispatches of the military agents and imperial envoys working in the Nordic countries during the period covered. Particular focus is on the reports by Colonel Alexeyev, the Russian military agent in Scandinavia. It is concluded that the matter of an inimical military alliance forming in the North of Europe was of serious concern for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Headquarters of the Russian Empire. In turn, the reports and dispatches regularly submitted to the said authorities testify to Russia's fears regarding a possible regrouping of political, military and naval forces in the event of the Scandinavian Defense Union being, in fact, established.

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Author Biography

N. S. Guseva, Tyumen State University (Tyumen, Russia)

кандидат исторических наук, старший преподаватель кафедры истории, социально-экономических и общественных дисциплин Тюменского государственного университета

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Published
2018-12-10
How to Cite
Guseva N. S. Russia and the Problem of a Scandinavian Defense Union in the Context of the Dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian Union (Based on the Reports of the Military Agent and the Imperial Envoys of Russia in the Scandinavian Countries in 1905) // Izvestiya of Altai State University, 2018, № 5(103). P. 30-34 DOI: 10.14258/izvasu(2018)5-04. URL: http://izvestiya.asu.ru/article/view/%282018%295-04.
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No 5(103) (2018): Izvestiya of Altai State University
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Отечественная история

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