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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.
Russo-Turkish War: Ottoman Empire: Russian Empire Cossack Hetmanate: Inconclusive. Azov Castle was destroyed, its territory became the border between the Ottoman Empire and Russia. Russians will withdraw from Crimea. Ottoman Empire cedes Azov to Russia. Treaty of Niš; 1737–1739 Austro-Turkish War: Ottoman Empire: Habsburg monarchy: Victory
Southeast Europe after the treaty, Bessarabia shown in light green The Treaty of Bucharest between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, was signed on 28 May 1812, in Manuc's Inn in Bucharest, and ratified on 5 July 1812, at the end of the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812. [1]
The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [23] [24] was an imperial realm [l] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
It also marked the first time that Ottoman Empire and Greeks had negotiated on the field of battle. The battle of Petra was the last of the Greek War of Independence . Demetrios Ypsilantis ended the war started by his brother, Alexandros Ypsilantis , when he crossed the Pruth River eight and a half years earlier.
The Greek War of Independence, [b] also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. [3]
Except for four wars (the war of 1676–1681, the Pruth River Campaign, the war of 1735–1739, and the Crimean War), the conflicts ended in losses for the Ottoman Empire, which was undergoing a long period of stagnation and decline; conversely, they showcased the ascendancy of Russia as a European power after the modernization efforts of Peter ...
The defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) and the subsequent signing of the Treaty of Berlin granted independence to Romania. [12] Although the treaty of alliance between Romania and Russia specified that Russia would defend the territorial integrity of Romania and not claim any part of Romania at the end of the ...