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Russo-Turkish wars: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1877 - 1878 • 1853 - 1856 • 1828 - 1829 • 1806 - 1812 • 1787 - 1791 • 1768 - 1774 • 1735 - 1739 • 1710 - 1712 • 1695 - 1696 • 1689 • 1687 • 1676 - 1681
Location Anatolia • Bulgaria • Turkey • Ukraine • Russian Empire
Participants Austria • Bulgaria • France • Ottoman Empire • Russia • Turkey • United Kingdom • Serbia • Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Timeline

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Treaty of Belgrade
September 1739
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Battle of Çeşme
July 6, 1770 - July 7, 1770
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Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
July 21, 1774
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Treaty of Jassy
January 9, 1792
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Treaty of Bucharest
May 18, 1812
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Treaty of Edirne
September 14, 1829
Black and white photo by Roger Fenton showing soldiers gathered among rows of tents in a valley encampment during the Crimean War, with rocky hills in the background.
Crimean War
October 4, 1853 - February 1, 1856
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Treaty of Paris
March 30, 1856
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Siege of Pleven
July 20, 1877 - December 10, 1877
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Treaty of San Stefano
March 3, 1878

Key People

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Abdülhamid I
Ottoman sultan
Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.
Peter I
emperor of Russia
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Nicholas I
tsar of Russia
Portrait of Catherine the Great of Russia by Richard Brompton, showing her in regal attire with a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe, set in an ornate oval frame.
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Charles XII
Charles XII
king of Sweden
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich, Graf Rimniksky, Knyaz Italiysky, Reichsgraf
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov, Count Rimniksky
Russian military officer
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov.
Mikhail Kutuzov
Russian military commander
Grigory Potemkin
Grigory Potemkin
Russian statesman
Portrait of Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, standing in ornate military dress beside a blue-draped table, with a cityscape and green curtain in the background.
Mahmud II
Ottoman sultan
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Andrey Ivanovich, Count Osterman
Russian statesman
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Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich
Russian military officer
Abdülhamid II
Abdülhamid II
Ottoman sultan
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Nikolay Vasilyevich, prince Repnin
Russian statesman
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Burkhard Christoph, count von Münnich
Russian military officer
Skobelev, engraving
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev
Russian military officer
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Hans Karl von Diebitsch
Russian military officer
Mustafa III, miniature; in Istanbul University Library (MS Yildiz 8647/17).
Mustafa III
Ottoman sultan
ahmed III
Ahmed III
Ottoman sultan
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Dmitry Kantemir
Russian statesman

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