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Greece

Elliniki Dimokratia

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Greece gained her independence from Turkey in 1821–29, and by the Protocol of London, of 3 Feb. 1830, was declared a kingdom, under the guarantee of Great Britain, France and Russia. For details of the subsequent history to 1947 see The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1957, pp. 1069–70 and for details of the monarchy see The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1973–74, p. 1000.

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John Paxton

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© 1977 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Paxton, J. (1977). Greece. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271067_98

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