Russian Party (Greece)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Russian Party (Greek: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ó¿¿¿), one of the Early Greek Parties, was an informal grouping of Greek political leaders that formed during the brief period of the First Hellenic Republic (1828-1831) and lasted through the reign of King Otto. The parties of that era were named after one of the three Great Powers who had together settled the Greek War of Independence in the Treaty of Constantinople (1832). The three rival powers, Russia, the United Kingdom and France came together in order to check the power of the other two nations and their representatives in Greece were not hesitant to develop and manipulate Greek political interests to advance their own national interests. Also known as the "Napist Party" (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿), the Russian Party was more philosophically-grounded than the other two parties. It represented more conservative elements in Greek society and was viewed as being more supportive of the primacy of the Orthodox church in Greek life. Ioannis Capodistrias, who had served as Foreign Minister in the Russian government, was selected as Governor of the newly-independent Greek state in 1827.

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