McClelland & Stewart. p. 474. ISBN 978-0-7710-6778-5. The Soutzo family were Phanariots, Greeks of Byzantine descent Πολυχρόνης Ενεπεκίδης, Οι Σούτσοι εις το
Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced [molˈdova] or Țara Moldovei, literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй)
the sultan appointed Greek Phanariots as governors of the Ottoman vassal territories of Wallachia and Moldavia. The Phanariots introduced an enlighted reform
awakening' and language was elaborated" by him as "a representative of the Phanariots" "in 1780". "Katartzis argued that the Greeks satisfied Aristotle's definition
the Phanariots lived vain and idle lives which eroded the moral fabric of society. Instead of working to attain wealth or status, many Phanariots relied
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seems to be a fantasy of a cleric in various documents; in any case the phanariots, as dragogists (interpreter-translators of the "Sublime Porte") were all
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corrupt and ignorant environment of the boyar oligarchy in the time of the phanariots. His sober existence contrasted too violently with the habits of his time
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merchants from Russia and Romania, local Greek chieftains and clergy, some Phanariots and scholars inside and outside Greece. The Society was responsible for