✦ History

Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)

May 31, 1735 – October 3, 1739

Ended by Treaty of Belgrade

Russia, with Habsburg support, fought the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, losing many men to hunger, heat and disease.

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Battles 1

July 22, 1739
Battle of Grocka Ottoman victory Ivaz Mehmed Pasha, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, George Olivier, count of Wallis

Key commanders

Russian Empire 3

Peter Lacy military commander Burkhard Christoph von Münnich military commander Ernst Gideon von Laudon military commander

Ottoman Empire 2

Ivaz Mehmed Pasha military commander Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha military commander

Habsburg monarchy 2

Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg military commander George Olivier, count of Wallis military commander