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The war broke out against the background of the Napoleonic Wars.In 1806, Sultan Selim III, encouraged by the Russian defeat at Austerlitz and advised by the French Empire, deposed the pro-Russian Constantine Ypsilantis as Hospodar of the Principality of Wallachia and Alexander Mourousis as Hospodar of Moldavia, both Ottoman vassal states.
After the Battle of Navarino and the Russo-Turkish War (1828–29), in which the Russian army first crossed the Balkan Mountains and took Adrianople, Turkey recognized the independence of Greece and the transition of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus to Russia. Thus Greece became the first independent country created out of a section of the ...
In December 1806, Ottoman Sultan Selim III felt threatened by Russian activities associated with the Napoleonic War. The Sultan closed the Turkish Straits to Russian shipping and declared war on the Russian Empire. On 22 May 1807, the Russian navy and the Ottoman navy engaged in a short sea battle in the Aegean Sea near the Dardanelles.
The Battle of Maltakvi was part of the Russo-Turkish war (1806-1812), the battle of the Russo-Georgian army to capture Poti fortress.. The Russian command attached great importance to the liberation of Poti from the Ottomans and tried by all means to achieve it.
The Battle of the Dardanelles took place on 22 May (10 May Old Style) 1807 as a part of the Napoleonic Wars during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812. It was fought between the Russian and Ottoman navies near the Dardanelles Strait.
The Battle of Arpachai took place on 18 June 1807 on the Akhurian River in Armenia during the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812). It was fought between a 7,000-man Russian force under Count Ivan Gudovich and more than 20,000 Ottoman force under Yusuf Pasha. [1] The offensive was repelled by the Russian forces.
The war between Russia and Turkey 1806-1812 During the assault, Russian troops lost 2,229 killed and 2,550 wounded. The unsuccessful assault caused a loss of morale among the troops. On May 7, Prozorovsky lifted the siege of Brailov and stopped active operations.
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) S. Second Archipelago Expedition; T. Treaty of Adrianople (1713)