Preparing the Greek Revolution in Odessa in the 1820s: Tastes, Markets and Political Liberalism
Journal: The Historical Review/La Revue Historique
Year: 2014

The article highlights the port-city space of Odessa during the first three decades of its foundation as an important hub of commercial activity, maritime trade and political liberalism in southern Russia. It emphasizes the role of multiple markets based on imported and local trade goods and describes the different ethnicities involved in foreign trade, focusing on merchants of Greek origin, their participation in the Philiki Etaireia and their degree of involvement in its organizational mechani