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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.
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 Russian command's plan for the 1809 campaign was to capture Turkish fortresses in the lower reaches of the Danube, cross the Danube and transfer hostilities to its right bank. The commander-in-chief of the Russian Moldavian Army, Prince A. A. Prozorovsky, decided to take the fortress by storm, but the assault of Zhurzhi and Brailov ended in ...
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 long six-year war for Russia took place in parallel with the Russo-Persian War, the Russo-Swedish War and the War of the Fourth Coalition. Despite this, in the decisive campaign of 1811, the Russian army of Kutuzov defeated the Ottoman army on the Danube , which made it possible to conclude a peace treaty beneficial for Russia, according to ...
The Army of the Danube ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812 on the Danube; its commander-in-chief, General of the infantry Mikhail Kutuzov, signed the peace treaty ending the war at Bucharest on 28 May [O.S. 16 May]. Admiral Pavel Chichagov was appointed commander-in-chief of the army on 10 June [O.S. 29 May].
The Battle of Slobozia was fought between Russia and the Ottoman Empire as a part of the Napoleonic Wars during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812.The primary battle occurred on the left bank of the Danube River near the small village of Slobozia in Wallachia.