Wallachian Revolution of 1848
왈라키아 혁명 (1848)
The Romanian liberal and nationalist rising of 1848 in the principality of Wallachia under the Russian-imposed Regulamentul Organic. Young intellectuals and officers proclaimed administrative autonomy, the freeing of the peasants and the abolition of boyar privilege at Islaz on 21 June and formed a provisional government, but the revolution ended when Ottoman troops entered Bucharest on 25 September.
In depth
The secret society Frăția was its core, led by Nicolae Bălcescu, Ion Ghica and the Brătianu brothers among others. Prince Gheorghe Bibescu stepped down and a provisional government and regency took over, but radicals and conservatives split over land reform and two abortive coups weakened the government. On 18 September crowds burned the Regulamentul and the register of boyar ranks. Under the pressure of Russian diplomacy Ottoman troops ended the revolution, and the Russian and Ottoman occupation lasted until 1851. The Moldavian revolt of the same year failed. Most of the revolution's aims were achieved within a generation after the Crimean War.