Dimitrie Cantemir

Dimitrie Cantemir

October 26, 1673, Silișteni, Moldavia (now Romania) – August 21, 1723, Dmitrovsk, Russian Empire (now Russia)

Dimitrie Cantemir
Dimitrie Cantemir
October 26, 1673, Silișteni, Moldavia (now Romania) – August 21, 1723, Dmitrovsk, Russian Empire (now Russia)

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I learned Ottoman makams at Istanbul, then bound myself to Peter to break the Porte’s yoke—so I wrote its rise and fall in Latin, from exile.

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