Renewal of the Prussian-Russian alliance (1730)
The renewal of the Prussian-Russian alliance of September 30, 1730 was a state treaty concluded between Prussia and Russia and was based on the provisions of the defensive alliance concluded four years earlier and the renewal three years later. The renewed treaty was intended to ensure good relations between the two states after the death of the Russian Emperor Peter II in 1730.
Historical background
Even after the death of Emperor Peter II , the Prussian alliance with Russia was to be renewed at the request of the Viennese court , but it was important in Berlin that the negotiations this time be conducted in Berlin with Prince Golitsyn , who was staying there . On July 13, 1729, the draft of the renewed alliance was presented to King Friedrich Wilhelm I : only one new article was added here, which concerned the protection of dissidents in Poland-Lithuania . On July 29, the project was handed over to Golyzin, who sent it to St. Petersburg . Here it was soon approved, and so it could be signed in Berlin on October 2nd. The Prussian ratification was issued on October 30, the Russian one, which General Alexei Petrovich Bestuschew-Ryumin brought to Berlin in November, is dated October 19.
Content of the contract
A prologue is followed by the alliance treaty of August 21, 1726, according to the version of the renewed treaty of alliance of September 20, 1729 , Articles 1 to 17 - Article 18 and the conclusion of the Corps du traité, however, are different.
This is followed by the first two secret articles of the Prussian-Russian alliance treaty of 1726 according to the version of the renewed alliance treaty of September 20, 1729, then the third secret article of the treaty of 1726 with the amendment of 1729 at the end and the further addition. This is followed by the separate article on dissidents in Poland.
Further development
The terms of the treaty were valid until 1740, when a new defensive treaty was concluded between the two powers after the death of Empress Anna .
literature
- Prussia's state treaties from the reign of King Friedrich Wilhelm I, publications from the Prussian State Archives, Volume 87, Victor Loewe (eds.), Leipzig 1913