✦ History

Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)

1768 – 1774

Result Russian victory; Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca

Ended by Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca

Russia under Catherine II fought the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean, winning the war.

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Battles and events 9

February 1770 – June 17, 1771
Orlov revolt Peloponnese
April 20, 1770
Battle of Aspindza Georgian victory Aspindza Heraclius II of Georgia
May 27–28, 1770
Battle of Nauplia (1770) Inconclusive Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha
July 6 – September 27, 1770
Siege of Bender (1770) Russian victory Bendery
July 7, 1770
Battle of Larga Russian victory Larga, Prut (Cantemir) Pyotr Rumyantsev, Qaplan II Giray
August 1, 1770
Battle of Kagul Russian victory Cahul Pyotr Rumyantsev, Ivazzade Halil Paşa, Qaplan II Giray
July 1772 – July 21, 1774
Russian occupations of Beirut Russian occupation of the town Beirut
November 9, 1772
Battle of Patras (1772) Russian victory Gulf of Patras Hacı Mustafa Paşa
June 9, 1774
Battle of Kozludzha Russian victory Suvorovo Alexander Suvorov

Key commanders

Russian Empire 7

Heraclius II of Georgia military commander Pyotr Rumyantsev military commander Alexander Suvorov military commander Catherine the Great belligerent leader Marko Vojnović military commander Fyodor Ushakov military commander Ivan Saltykov military commander

Ottoman Empire 8

Qaplan II Giray military commander Ivazzade Halil Paşa military commander Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha military commander Hacı Mustafa Paşa military commander Abdul Hamid I military commander Casimir Pulaski military commander Mustafa III belligerent leader Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł military commander