In the preamble and in Article I, Dimitrie Cantemir worships the
tsar, receiving in return protection from
Peter I for himself and for all the people of
Moldavia. It is provided that the lord of Moldavia "with all the great boyars and her nobles and with the inhabitants of any state of the glorious Moldavian people" should henceforth be under the protection of the tsar and will take an oath of obedience at first in secret, until at the entry of the Russian armies into the principality and then, the voivode will carry his faith secretly "by correspondence and other means". Article II makes the lord of Moldavia join the army of the Russian army. Articles III to V provide that the heirs of the Russian throne do not have the right to rule in Moldavia or in the Wallachian land. In Moldavia, the reign is to be hereditary in the Cantemir family. Article VI provides, "According to the old Moldovan custom, all power should be with the lord". The tsar cannot interfere in the internal affairs of Moldavia. Article XI provides that the borders of the principality, according to its ancient rights, are those described with the
Dniester River, Camenețu,
Bender, with all of
Budjak,
Danube,
Muntenia, the
Grand Duchy of Transylvania and
Poland. According to Articles XII to XV, Russian protection over Moldavia is to be maintained after the conclusion of the peace in the sense that Peter is not to leave Moldavia under the domination of the
Gate. Articles XVI and XVII contain the oaths of Peter I and Dimitrie Cantemir. ==Links==