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Dimitrie Cantemir

1673–1723 · 18th century

Dimitrie Cantemir was prince of Moldavia in 1693 and from 1710 to 1711, and a leading scholar. His alliance with Peter the Great ended in defeat on the Pruth in 1711, and he lived in Russia thereafter. He wrote Descriptio Moldaviae and a history of the Ottoman Empire widely read in Europe.

Dimitrie Cantemir
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